Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS (European Communication Research and Education Association)

ISBN 10: 1841501336 / ISBN 13: 9781841501338

Published by Intellect Ltd, 2006

Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # M1841501336Z3

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Nico Carpentier is an extraordinary professor at Charles University, visiting professor at Tallinn University and president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (2020–24). His theoretical focus is on discourse theory; his research is situated in the relationship between communication, politics and culture, especially towards social domains such as war and conflict, ideology, participation and democracy.

Contact: Culture and Communication Research Centre, Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Prague 1, Czech Republic.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Towards a Sustainable Information Society: ...
Publisher: Intellect Ltd
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good