Information Society And Environment

Author : Burgin Mark,Hofkirchner Wolfgang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789813108981

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Future Information Society, The: Social And Technological Problems by Burgin Mark,Hofkirchner Wolfgang Pdf

This book is the first volume of a two-volume edition based on the International Society for Information Studies Summit Vienna 2015 on "The Information Society at the Crossroads. Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information" (see summit.is4is.org). The book represents a trans-disciplinary endeavor of the leading experts in the field of information studies posing the question for a better society, in which social and technological innovations help make information key to the flourishing of humanity and dispense with the bleak view of the dark side of information society. It is aimed at readers that conduct research into any aspect of information, information society and information technology, who develop or implement social or technological applications. It is also for those who have an interest in participating in setting the goals for sciences of information and social applications of technological achievements and scientific results.

Author : Lorenz M. Hilty
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783837019704

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Information Technology and Sustainability by Lorenz M. Hilty Pdf

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are contributing both to environmental problems and to their solution. Will ICT producers, users and recyclers be the major polluters of tomorrow, or will 'Green IT' and a dematerialized information society save the climate? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between ICT and sustainable development, culminating in 15 recommendations - to producers, users and political decision makers - which show the way to a sustainable information society. Keywords: Information Technology, Environment, Sustainable Development, Environmental Informatics, Green IT, Green Computing, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity, Dematerialization, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), E-waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Recycling, Technological Complexity, Critical Information Infrastructure, Open Standards, Rebound Effect.

Author : Jacques J. Berleur,Magda David Hercheui,Lorenz Hilty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642154782

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What Kind of Information Society? Governance, Virtuality, Surveillance, Sustainability, Resilience by Jacques J. Berleur,Magda David Hercheui,Lorenz Hilty Pdf

The present book contains the proceedings of two conferences held at the World Computer Congress 2010 in Brisbane, Australia (September 20–23) organised by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). In the first part, the reader can find the proceedings of the 9th Human Choice and Computers International C- ference (HCC9) organised by the IFIP Technical Committee TC9 on the Relationship Between ICT and Society. The HCC9 part is subdivided into four tracks: Ethics and ICT Governance, Virtual Technologies and Social Shaping, Surveillance and Privacy, and ICT and Sustainable Development. The second part consists of papers given at the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Conference (CIP) organized by the IFIP Technical Committee TC11 on Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems. The two parts of the book are introduced by the respective Conference Chairs. Chapter 1 introduces HCC9, providing a short summary of the HCC conference series, which started in 1974, and explaining the overview of HCC9, detailing the rationale behind each of the tracks in this conference. The details related to the papers of each track are discussed by the Track Chairs in the respective introductions to the specific tracks of HCC9 (Chaps. 2, 10, 16 and 22). Finally, Chap. 22 introduces the CIP part.

Author : William J. Martin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351888899

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The Global Information Society by William J. Martin Pdf

Today, information and the technologies that store and disseminate it are producing deep-rooted and widespread changes in society - changes of the same magnitude as those that occurred during the Industrial Revolution. The purpose of this book is to give a complete picture of the information society by examining in detail the social, economic, political, and cultural roles of information and information technology. This book is effectively a second edition of the author's classic The Information Society. In it, the author illustrates the major trends in and inter-relationships between information, information and communication technologies, and the global economy and society. In tracing the direction of information-based change he reveals the implications for ordinary citizens, for the quality of everyday life, for economic and social activity, and examines the prospects of nations and trading blocs. This book provides a new way of looking at society, one that is essential for understanding social and economic structures and processes in the information age.

Author : Jérôme Duberry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351613538

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Global Environmental Governance in the Information Age by Jérôme Duberry Pdf

This book examines the impact of current and emerging digital technologies on global environmental governance, and in particular on environmental civil society organizations. Technological innovations are constantly emerging: internet and social media platforms, blockchains, big data, and artificial intelligence are some of the most common or promising digital technologies of our times. Through case studies and the analysis of concrete applications of digital technologies, this book shows how these digital technologies can be deployed to support global environmental governance, and in particular a multi-stakeholder approach to the protection of the environment. It provides an overview of the diverse uses of these digital technologies by civil society organizations (CSOs) in global environmental governance. In this fast-changing context, the capacity of environmental CSOs to manage and benefit from digital technologies, and to produce and distribute information, can strengthen their participation in global environmental governance. Their key roles, including advocacy, monitoring, knowledge production, fundraising, nudging individual behaviors, and project implementation, greatly benefit from the use of these technologies. By examining some of the most-utilized current digital technologies and presenting some of the most prominent emerging ones, this book aims to illustrate how active civil society organizations operate, and how ICTs support some of their roles, and therefore their participation in global environmental governance. This book will appeal to scholars and students of environmental studies and politics, global governance, political sociology, geography and communication studies along with policy makers and communication specialists from the environmental community.

Author : John McHale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429727931

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The Changing Information Environment by John McHale Pdf

A revolution has occurred during our lifetime in the collection, storage, and communication of information, a revolution whose full significance is scarcely understood even by those responsible for its development. At the core of this revolution, and its most visible component, is electronic data processing via the computer. The computer has shown an impressive ability to handle increasing complexity at greater speeds while decreasing its use of power, cost, and space. In this book, however, John McHale shows how the impact of the information revolution stretches far beyond these specific developments. It lies (1) in the expansion and interlinkage of computer-based systems and their extension into larger areas of automated control; (2) in the convergence and relationship of such systems with concurrently developing communications technologies; and (3) in the ways in which these combine together to create a radically new information environment, whose major impacts will be felt most critically within the next ten to twenty years. Mr McHale believes that the emergence of information and knowledge as our basic resources signifies profound consequences that will affect the structure of society itself and the institutional and value premises upon which it operates: The increased dependence upon information as key societal resource will move society, within the next ten to twenty years, from industrially based forms to post-industrial forms whose possible configurations of institutions, governance and value systems are still open to conjecture. In society in general, with the new social wealth generated by information and communications technologies, the whole character of the survival game is being changed. It is now more clearly a non-zero-sum game in which success or gain is predicated on all winning.

Author : Yi-chen Lan
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781591403081

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Global Information Society by Yi-chen Lan Pdf

Covers information technology management and issues in operating information systems in the global business environment. Discusses the global information technology theory, frameworks and IT architecture, discovery of global knowledge management, improvement of the global information systems development methodologies, and applications of the latest technologies such as mobile technology and Web services in global information systems development and operations.

Author : A. Anderson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137314086

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Media, Environment and the Network Society by A. Anderson Pdf

The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates.

Author : Benoît Otjacques,Patrik Hitzelberger,Stefan Naumann,Volker Wohlgemuth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319656878

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From Science to Society by Benoît Otjacques,Patrik Hitzelberger,Stefan Naumann,Volker Wohlgemuth Pdf

This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in connection with green information systems and green information & communication technology (ICT). It provides valuable insights into a broad range of cross-cutting concerns in ICT and the environmental sciences, and showcases how ICT can be used to effectively address environmental and energy efficiency issues. Offering a selection of extended contributions to the 31st International Conference EnviroInfo 2017, it is essential reading for anyone looking to expand their expertise in the area.

Author : Daria Bylieva,Alfred Nordmann,Olga Shipunova,Violetta Volkova
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030658571

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Knowledge in the Information Society by Daria Bylieva,Alfred Nordmann,Olga Shipunova,Violetta Volkova Pdf

This book provides a snapshot of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary discussions in Russia about technology in the information society. New technologies are subject to original theoretical analysis, but there are also reflections on the practical experience of their application. The book covers a range of topics which includes human–technology interaction, education in digital reality, distance education due to COVID-19 quarantine measures, cognitive technologies, system analytics of information and communication technologies. The book collects contributions from philosophy, didactics, computer sciences, sociology, psychology, media studies, and law. It contains a selection of papers accepted for presentation at the XX International Conference «Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future» (26–27 November 2020, St. Petersburg) and the XII International Conference «CommunicativeStrategies of the Information Society» (23–24 October 2020, St. Petersburg).

Author : Alison Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1137384336

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Media, Environment and the Network Society by Alison Anderson Pdf

Author : Arul Chib,Julian May,Roxana Barrantes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9811012393

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Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South by Arul Chib,Julian May,Roxana Barrantes Pdf

The second volume in the SIRCA book series investigates the impact of information society initiatives by extending the boundaries of academic research into the realm of practice. Global in scope, it includes contributions and research projects from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The international scholarly community has taken a variety of approaches to question the impact of information society initiatives on populations in the Global South. This book addresses two aspects— Impact of research: How is the research on ICTs in the Global South playing a role in creating an information society? (e.g. policy formulation, media coverage, implementation in practice) and Research on impact: What is the evidence for the impact of ICTs on society? (i.e. the objectives of socio-economic development). This volume brings together a multiplicity of voices and approaches from social scientific research to produce an engaging volume for a variety of stakeholders including academics, researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and those in the business and civil sectors of society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : IND:30000129171371

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Information Society and Environment by Anonim Pdf

Author : June Lester,Wallace C. Koehler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X030280834

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Fundamentals of Information Studies by June Lester,Wallace C. Koehler Pdf

Lester and Koehler have vastly revised and expanded this brand new edition of the first textbook geared towards undergraduate information studies to approach the field from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book's fourteen chapters begin with The Impact of Information in Society and Fundamental Concepts of Information; look at The Information Professions and The Impact of Information Cultures and Societies; and conclude with Information Ethics and Information Futures. information technology. Every chapter has been thoroughly updated and revised. Expansions include two whole new chapters, one on user behavior and the second on information, power, and society; five other chapters have been substantially expanded. In addition, the authors have added two new features: A Learning Guide precedes each chapter and an Information Idea draws attention to the application of the

Author : Flis Henwood,Nod Miller,Peter Senker,Sally Wyatt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134582020

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Technology and In/equality by Flis Henwood,Nod Miller,Peter Senker,Sally Wyatt Pdf

Technology and In/equality explores the diverse implications of the new information and communication technologies through case studies of their applications in three main areas - media, education and training, and work. Questions of access to and control over crucial resources such as information, knowledge, skills and income ae addressed drawing upon insights from science and technology studies, innovation theory, sociology and cultural studies. All of the chapters question the meanings of the terms 'technology' and 'inequality' and of the widespread association of technology with progress. Written with a non-specialist readership in mind, all complex theories and key concepts are carefully explained making the book easily accessible and relevant to a wide range of courses.