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Learning in the information society
Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2006Despite some spectacular e‐learning failures in recent years, e.g. the British government’s “e University”,educational technologies have continued developing and have made advances in several learning paradigms. These new learning paradigms appear as newways to deal with the old traditional learning concepts and philosophies throughout the widespread ...
Pedro T. Isaías, Maggie McPherson
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Information in the information society
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2005The title of this talk is deliberately misleading: I really want to talk about misinformation.. Most citizens in what we laughingly call an "information society" derive most of what they know about their world from the mass media, for example from television, newspapers, more recently and increasingly from the World Wide Web and other such sources. But
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Democracy in an information society
The Information Society, 1986Abstract The potential impact of managing large organizations, enterprises, and government departments through the universal adoption of computer‐based techniques is analyzed. Current soft and hardware architecture tends to support a centralizing power strategy.
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The challenges of the information society
Kybernetes, 2008PurposeThis paper aims to review current developments that have been initiated to meet the challenges of the information society.Design/methodology/approachThe approach takes the form of a general review and survey of selected research and development (R&D) topics.FindingsThe paper illustrates the multi‐ and trans‐disciplinary nature of cybernetics,
B. H. Rudall, C. J. H. Mann
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Policies for an information society
Aslib Proceedings, 1998We are undergoing profound technological change and countries all over the world are responding by developing policies that are intended to shape the development of information societies. The goals of these policies are remarkably similar, although it is possible to identify differences in the motivating factors.
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The Information Society, 1994
Abstract Increasingly, information is regarded as a defining feature of the modem world, and it is commonplace to refer to countries such as the United States and Britain as “information societies. “ Commentators are, however, strikingly vague about the criteria used to define either information or information societies. Five analytical criteria, i.e.,
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Abstract Increasingly, information is regarded as a defining feature of the modem world, and it is commonplace to refer to countries such as the United States and Britain as “information societies. “ Commentators are, however, strikingly vague about the criteria used to define either information or information societies. Five analytical criteria, i.e.,
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Geographies of the information society
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1999This article presents the Varenius perspective on the societal dimensions of geographical information technologies and the geographical dimensions of information technologies in general, and puts them in the context of the research literature of the last ten years.
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Information and communication in society
Acta Paediatrica, 2005AbstractIn late modernity, the media is one of the most important social institutions in influencing people's knowledge, perceptions and actions. The media supply citizens with health‐related messages and contribute thereby to their health development.
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2008
In this chapter, current developments in information technology and information systems will be discussed, focusing especially on the social and political implications of such developments. Current technological developments have led to a shift in focus from information to the communication of information; the most visible evidence of this shift is the
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In this chapter, current developments in information technology and information systems will be discussed, focusing especially on the social and political implications of such developments. Current technological developments have led to a shift in focus from information to the communication of information; the most visible evidence of this shift is the
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