Towards a sustainable information society : deconstructing WSIS /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: European Consortium for Communications Research
Otros Autores: Servaes, Jan, 1952- (Editor ), Carpentier, Nico (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2006.
Colección:European Consortium for Communications Research (Series)
Temas:
World Summit on the Information Society.
Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information.
World Summit on the Information Society
Information society.
Digital communications > Social aspects.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Sustainable development.
Société de l'information.
Transmission numérique > Aspect social.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Développement durable.
sustainable development.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Digital communications > Social aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
Information society
Sustainable development
Informationsgesellschaft
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (215 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1841509477
9781841509471
1841501336
9781841501338
ISSN:1742-9420 ;

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