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The information society

That we live in a period of unprecedented technological change, both in terms of the extent and speed of change, has been discussed extensively. Many of the underlying transformations are undoubtedly associated with the set of interrelated and, more recently, converging technologies that have come to be known as ICT. They permeate every aspect of life - economic, social, political, cultural and otherwise - and have created great interest regarding their actual and potential impact.

The last two decades, in particular, have witnessed the widespread adoption of a great number of such technologies, notably the personal computer, the cell phone and the Internet. Together with their multitude of applications, ICT touches on nearly every known economic and societal norm. Today, in many OECD and other countries, the majority of businesses use computers and the Internet as a matter of routine. Unheard of until fairly recently, life without e-mail and the World Wide web seems like an anomaly today.

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The information society, in statistical terms
There is no agreed comprehensive statistical framework of the information society. One possible conceptual model is shown in Figure 1.1 and encompasses the widely agreed elements of ICT supply, ICT demand, ICT infrastructure, ICT products and “content”. A complementary framework is the well-known...
(OECD guide to measuring the information society 2011.)
Output: Publication of information society statistics
In parallel with development of standards for measuring the information society, the OECD has been publishing comparable statistics based on those standards. Many, but not all of those statistics, have been based on standards developed by the WPIIS. Others have included ICT infrastructure, ICT skills...
(OECD guide to measuring the information society 2011.)
Information society strategies: Plan Avanza and Plan Avanza 2 Plan Avanza
Plan Avanza, the previous information society strategy, was Spain’s umbrella strategy for the advancement of an information society. Launched in 2005 to cover the period 2006-2010, it addressed action in four areas: digital citizenship, digital economy, digital public services, and digital context....
(Reaping the benefits of ICTs in Spain : strategic study on communication infrastructure and paperless administration.)
Monitoring the information society strategy
It is too early to evaluate the impact of the various initiatives undertaken in the Plan, but any evaluation must consider both the direct and indirect effects. The direct effects are those related to the short-term impact on the penetration of broadband services. These can be measured easily (as long...
(Reaping the benefits of ICTs in Spain : strategic study on communication infrastructure and paperless administration.)
From the 1990s: the information society and the knowledge-based economy
From the 1990s politicians and public commentators routinely declaimed that we now lived in an 'Age of Information'. This was the social theory of the information technology industry, justifying why people and organisations must change - and buy its products - as exemplified by none other than the founder...
(European Societies Today: Inequality, Diversity, Divergence)
Politics of “digital” Morocco and information society
Since the mid-1990s, Moroccos telecommunication sector went through various stages corresponding to strategic plans adopted by the state. The first one, between 1994 and 2000, laid down the foundations of the country’s ICT policy and began with the liberalization of the telecommunication industry,...
(Routledge Handbook on Arab Media)
Developing support for primary health care: Professional societies, guidelines, and information for patient self-management
In the longer term, creating a stronger sub-speciality of primary care based in medical schools would help put it on the same footing as other specialities. To raise the prestige of primary care, the current “family medicine” speciality should be a more prominent part of medical school faculties,...
(Strengthening social cohesion in Korea)
Configurations of Informality and Formality in Contemporary Society
In contrast to many social scientists’ prediction that forces of globalisation, by imposing legal forms of regulations on the world, would eliminate or undermine the significance of informality, the reliance on informality remains universally practised to facilitate the formal processes of...
(Sociologies of Formality and Informality)
Information Technology and Modern Society in Tehran
The growing progress of technology and easy access to various means of communication is a trend that provides the youth with endless information and images. In 2004, Silverblatt referred to the major educational function of programming and called the Internet a direct source of information. Meanwhile,...
(Space, Culture, and the Youth in Iran: Observing Norm Creation Processes at the Artists’ House)