Towards a Sustainable Information Society

Deconstructing WSIS

AvNico Carpentier,Jan Servaes

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Del i serien European Communication Research and Education Association

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Beskrivning

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 more balanced decision-making process that would allow the voices of civil society and business actors to be heard in international politics. This book aims to evaluate the potentialities of both the Information Society, and the WSIS in supporting and constructing more democratic, just and developed societies. It is the second book arising from the intellectual work of European Consortium for Communications Research members.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-01-01
Mått:172 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Communication Research and Education Association
Antal sidor:215
Förlag:Intellect
ISBN:9781841501338

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Nico Carpentier is a media sociologist working at the Communication Studies Departments of the Catholic University of Brussels (KUB) and the Free University of Brussels (VUB). He is co-director of the KUB research centre CSC and member of the VUB research centre CEMESCO. He is also a board member of the ECCR.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Bart Staes:Foreword: Towards a New Democratic Lingua Franca 5 Jan Servaes and Nico Carpentier:Introduction:Steps to Achieve a Sustainable Information Society 17 Bart Cammaerts & Nico Carpentier:1: The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society Participation 51 Claudia Padovani & Arjuna Tuzzi:2: Communication Governance and the Role of Civil Society. Reflections on Participation and the Changing Scope of Political Action 81 Divina Frau Meigs:3: Civil Society's Involvement in the WSIS Process. Drafting the Alter-agenda 97 Ned Rossiter:4: WSIS and Organized Networks as New Civil Society Movements 117 Stefano Martelli:5: How Civil Society Can Help Civil Society 129 Miyase Christensen:6: What Price the Information Society? A Candidate Country Perspective within the Context ofthe EU's Information Society Policies 151 Michel Bauwens:7: Peer-to-Peer: From Technology to Politics 169 Paul Verschueren:8: From Virtual to Everyday Life 185 Claudio Antonio Feijóo González, José Luis Gómez Barroso, Ana Laguía González, Sergio Ramos Villaverde, David Rojo Alonso: 9: Shifting from Equity to Efficiency Rationales: Global Benefits Resulting from a DigitalSolidarity Fund 195 Barbara Thomass:10: PSB as an Instrument of Implementing WSIS Aims 203 AfterwordPeter JohnstonTowards a Knowledge Society and Sustainable Development.Deconstructing the WSIS in the European Policy Context 207 ECCR:Recommendations on the Subject of Research and Education in the Area of the Information Society 211 Notes on Contributors