ISBN:
1841509477
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9781841509471
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (215 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
European Consortium for Communications Research 1742-9420 vol. 2
Series Statement:
European Consortium for Communications Research vol. 2
Parallel Title:
Print version Towards a sustainable information society
DDC:
303.4833
Keywords:
World Summit on the Information Society World Summit on the Information Society
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World Summit on the Information Society
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World Summit on the Information Society
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World Summit on the Information Society
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Digital communications Social aspects
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Globalization Social aspects
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Information society
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Sustainable development
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Digital communications Social aspects
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Sustainable development
;
Information society
;
Digital communications Social aspects
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Digital communications ; Social aspects
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Globalization ; Social aspects
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Information society
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Sustainable development
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Informationsgesellschaft
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Nachhaltigkeit
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COMPUTERS ; Information Technology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
5: How Civil Society Can Help Civil Society6: What Price the Information Society? A Candidate Country Perspective within the Context of the EU's Information Society Policies; 7: Peer-to-Peer: From Technology to Politics; 8: From Virtual to Everyday Life; 9: Shifting from Equity to Efficiency Rationales: Global Benefits Resulting from a Digital Solidarity Fund; 10: PSB as an Instrument of Implementing WSIS Aim.
Abstract:
The Information Society is one of the recurrent imaginaries to describe present-day structures, discourses and practices. Within its meaning is enshrined the promise of a better world, sometimes naively assuming a technological deus ex machina, in other cases hoping for the creation of policy tools that will overcome a diversity of societal divides. With the two-phased World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the United Nations attempted to stimulate the development of such tools. Simultaneously, the WSIS is a large-scale experiment in multistakeholderism. The objective was to create a
Abstract:
Table of Contents; Foreword: Towards a New Democratic Lingua Franca: Opening Speech at the ECCR WSIS conference, European Parliament March 1, 2004; Introduction: Steps to Achieve a Sustainable Information Society; 1: The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society Participation; 2: Communication Governance and the Role of Civil Society: Reflections on Participation and the Changing Scope of Political Action; 3: Civil Society's Involvement in the WSIS Process: Drafting the Alter-Agenda; 4: WSIS and Organized Networks as New Civil Society Movements.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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