Communicating in the Information Society

Bruce Girard, Seán Ó Siochrú (ed.)

Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) (2003), 223 pp.

ISBN 92-9085-045-0

Signature commbox: 10-International-E 2003

"The contribution in this book cast a spotlight into dark, often neglected, corners of the "information society" as articulated in the World Summit on the Information Society. Several very different layers are illuminated, from the philosophical underpinnings of the role of information in society, to the context and manner in which the concept has recently emerged into global consciousness, to how it can be deployed in practice to maximize benefits to society. An edited volume is well suited to covering these diverse ways of thinking about the topic as it offers the opportunity to bring together authors with different backgrounds and approaches." (Publisher description)

Introduction / Sean O'Siochrú and Bruce Girard, 1
What About Gender Issues in the Information Society? / Dafne Sabanes Plou, 11
A Community Informatics for the Information Society / William McIver, Jr., 33
The Other Information Revolution: Media and Empowerment in Developing Countries / James Deane, with Kunda Dixit, Njonjo Mue, Fackson Banda and Silvio Waisbord, 65
Media and Democratization in the Information Society / Marc Raboy, 101
Human Rights for the Information Society / Cees J. Hamelink, 121
Locating the Information Society within Civil Society: The Case of Scientific and Scholarly Publications / Jean-Claude Guédon, 165
A Brief Descriptive Glossary of Communication and Information (Aimed at Providing Clarification and Improving Mutual Understanding) / Antonio Pasquali, 195

Topics:

Civil Society Community Informatics Democratization Development and Media Empowerment Gender Relations Gender and Media, Gender and Communication Human Rights Information Society Media Effects Scholarly Journals World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)