Internet Governance and the Information Society

Internet Governance and the Information Society
Author: Wolfgang Benedek
Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9077596569

The legal, social, and economic implications of the information society permeate every fiber of public life in the real world, influencing politics and policies and testing the limits of traditional notions of law, concepts of regulations, and systems of governance. Uniting an impressive array of authors, this book broaches the challenges of internet governance in the information society. Renowned scholars and practitioners - from, among others, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, academia, and business - shed light on both the global perspectives and the European dimensions of internet governance. The book brings together presentations delivered at two workshops organized at the University of Graz as part of a project studying the role of multi-stakeholder participation for the implementation of human rights approaches in a connected world. It identifies 2010 as the year where fundamental decisions on the future of the internet as we know it will be reached. The contributions describe the challenges ahead and the road to travel by. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of internet governance.

The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In Honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.

The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In Honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.
Author: Philippe Goujon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2007-11-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0387723811

This volume honors the professional life of Jacques Berleur. He is known for his extensive work within the IFIP community to expose the nature of the ethical dilemmas of a society increasingly reliant on complex ICT infrastructures, to raise awareness of the social challenges this poses, and to influence action compatible with the ethical values of western democracy.

Media Freedom and Pluralism

Media Freedom and Pluralism
Author: Beata Klimkiewicz
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2010-05-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 615521185X

Addresses a critical analysis of major media policies in the European Union and Council of Europe at the period of profound changes affecting both media environments and use, as well as the logic of media policy-making and reconfiguration of traditional regulatory models. The analytical problem-related approach seems to better reflect a media policy process as an interrelated part of European integration, formation of European citizenship, and exercise of communication rights within the European communicative space. The question of normative expectations is to be compared in this case with media policy rationales, mechanisms of implementation (transposing rules from EU to national levels), and outcomes.

Mobilizing the Information Society

Mobilizing the Information Society
Author: Robin Mansell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198295561

This work offers an assessment of progress made towards the "information society". It begins from the premise that the construction of such a society in Europe is a dynamic process and that the journey towards a society so dependent upon digital information is far from straightforward.

Social Informatics: An Information Society for All? In Remembrance of Rob Kling

Social Informatics: An Information Society for All? In Remembrance of Rob Kling
Author: Jacques Berleur
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2007-01-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0387378766

The principal message of the ‘Human Choice and Computers’ (HCC) tradition and its associated conferences over the years is that there are choices and alternatives. In this volume, Social Informatics takes two directions. The first supports readers in interpreting of the meaning of Social Informatics. The second, more extensive part develops an overview of various applications of Social Informatics. Researchers inspired by Social Informatics touch many areas of human and social life.

The Future of Identity in the Information Society

The Future of Identity in the Information Society
Author: Kai Rannenberg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2009-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642018203

Digitising personal information is changing our ways of identifying persons and managing relations. What used to be a "natural" identity, is now as virtual as a user account at a web portal, an email address, or a mobile phone number. It is subject to diverse forms of identity management in business, administration, and among citizens. Core question and source of conflict is who owns how much identity information of whom and who needs to place trust into which identity information to allow access to resources. This book presents multidisciplinary answers from research, government, and industry. Research from states with different cultures on the identification of citizens and ID cards is combined towards analysis of HighTechIDs and Virtual Identities, considering privacy, mobility, profiling, forensics, and identity related crime. "FIDIS has put Europe on the global map as a place for high quality identity management research." –V. Reding, Commissioner, Responsible for Information Society and Media (EU)

From Telecommunications Liberalization to Net Neutrality Rules

From Telecommunications Liberalization to Net Neutrality Rules
Author: Simon P. Rinas
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2021-04-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3658330147

EU communications policy has massively changed due to both global competition on the ICT market and technological developments that led to the emergence of Internet technology. This book analyzes the structural and procedural transformation processes inside the EU legislative processes and concludes that EU communications policy struggles to reflect today's internet-enabled communications reality. It provides insights in the institutional conditions that maintained specific patterns of EU communications policy since the beginning of telecommunications regulation and concludes with an outlook on the technological and regulatory challenges ahead.

Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 4780
Release: 2008-03-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1599049481

Provides research on e-government and its implications within the global context. Covers topics such as digital government, electronic justice, government-to-government, information policy, and cyber-infrastructure research and methodologies.