BITS AND BYTES: Mastering Digital Information Literacy
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 153
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Bits and Bytes: Mastering Digital Information Literacy develops a fundamental understanding of how to navigate the vast amount of data in our world. It starts by building key research strategies for consuming data and information, and then continues by unpacking the core components of a computer's hardware and software. The publication highlights how these two different sections of the book, research strategies and computing concepts, interact with each other.
Dr. Bob Houghton is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at Idaho State University. In his role as a professor, Dr. Houghton takes his real-world experiences and applies them in the classroom to help provide further insight to students. Through his research, Dr. Houghton works to find new ways of keeping data safe and accessible.
Jack Bradley is a two time graduate of the Idaho State University College of Business. He has worked as an IT professional at the university for the last nine years and as an adjunct faculty professor in the Information Systems department since 2021. He now works as an Industrial Cybersecurity Instructor in the College of Technology's Energy Systems Technology and Education Center at ISU. His research interests include cybersecurity, information warfare, and digital literacy.
Fallon Deatherage-Bradley holds a BA and MA in Communication from Idaho State University. After focusing on political journalism in undergrad, her graduate research pivoted to media literacy and the construction of knowledge through the lens of Jean-Francois Lyotard’s definition of postmodernism. In addition to being a full time mom to her son Arthur, she works as a freelance writer and editor.