The Global Information Society (Second Edition)

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Towards Global Information Society????

2002 Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture Georg F. Schultheiss, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany This will be another real lecture, only two guiding pictures, the rest for our eyes and for our ears and, after our sensors have fulfilled their function, followed by our brainwork. The idea for this lecture is "Looking at a Complex Puzzle" in n dimensions from different viewpoints including the changes brought abou...

Information Society: A Second “Great Transformation”?

To understand from a perspective of Political Economy what is going on in the so-called information society we should identify and understand the new kind of goods and services that are produced, distributed and consumed via digital information and communication technologies (DICT). To perform this task we go back to the basics: Let us start with the notion of “useful things”. Useful things hav...

Making the global information society good: A social justice perspective on the ethical dimensions of the global information society

Society is seen as a continuation of relationships which have been altered by the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs). Four interrelated characteristics of the global Information Society also are identified. After a brief overview of the main socioethical issues facing the global Information Society, the article discusses the application of social justice as a moral ...

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