Towards a sustainable information society : deconstructing WSIS /: deconstructing WSIS. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jan Servaes & Nico Carpentier.
• Editors: Servaes, Jan, 1952-; Carpentier, Nico
• Other Names: European Consortium for Communications Research.
• Contents: Table of Contents; Foreword: Towards a New Democratic Lingua Franca: Opening Speech at the ECCR WSIS conference, European Parliament March 1, 2004; Introduction: Steps to Achieve a Sustainable Information Society; 1: The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society Participation; 2: Communication Governance and the Role of Civil Society: Reflections on Participation and the Changing Scope of Political Action; 3: Civil Society's Involvement in the WSIS Process: Drafting the Alter-Agenda; 4: WSIS and Organized Networks as New Civil Society Movements. 5: How Civil Society Can Help Civil Society6: What Price the Information Society? A Candidate Country Perspective within the Context of the EU's Information Society Policies; 7: Peer-to-Peer: From Technology to Politics; 8: From Virtual to Everyday Life; 9: Shifting from Equity to Efficiency Rationales: Global Benefits Resulting from a Digital Solidarity Fund; 10: PSB as an Instrument of Implementing WSIS Aim.
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (215 pages)
• Subjects: 303.4833; Information society; Digital communications -- Social aspects; Globalization -- Social aspects; Sustainable development; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; Digital communications -- Social aspects; Globalization -- Social aspects; Information society; Sustainable development; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1841509477; 9781841509471
• Related ISBNs: 9781841501338; 1841501336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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