An Ethical Global Information Society: Culture and democracy revisited

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Culture and democracy revisited in the global information society: Summary of a position paper....Pages 3-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
A charter for citizens of the global information society....Pages 15-29
Information technology and ethics....Pages 30-42
Much Ado about Nothing: The Internet Dream....Pages 43-49
An analysis of ethical awareness related to computers and information technology of people in the Bangkok metropolis....Pages 50-65
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The global information society: Some reflections on labour and work....Pages 69-74
Global digital commerce: Impacts and risks for developments of global information societies....Pages 75-82
Going to the future....Pages 83-95
Moving towards the millennium: Will information technology take democracy into the 21st century?....Pages 96-102
Information assets as a platform for economic growth....Pages 103-111
Technology, economic development, and sustainability: The case of Latin America....Pages 112-121
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Information society and Greek society: Socio-cultural and political incompatibilities....Pages 125-132
Just-in-time open and distant training offers must match market and learners requirements....Pages 133-142
What does it mean to be ‘virtual’?....Pages 143-155
Information technology for persons with a disability: A vision for the International Federation for Information Processing....Pages 156-170
Gardening: A metaphor for sustainability in information technology-technical support....Pages 171-185
Information society and civil society: Non-governmental organizations and computer-mediated communication in Latin America....Pages 186-196
Culture and communication — The interplay in the new public commons: Usenet and community networks....Pages 197-202
On cultures and information technology applications in organizations....Pages 203-214
The role of Ukrainian universities in the development of the global information society....Pages 215-225
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Ethical and social issues of ‘teleservices’ for disabled and elderly people....Pages 229-237
The global information society and the implications of self-organization....Pages 238-248
Information highways: A threat to democracy?....Pages 249-260
Privacy at risk in the global information society....Pages 261-274
The politics of privacy on the global information highway....Pages 275-288
Growing old in an information society....Pages 289-303
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The Internet: A new agora?....Pages 307-317
DEMOS: Democratic evaluation of multiple options in society....Pages 318-329
Historical and topographical amnesia on the information highway: Metaphors and tacit knowledge....Pages 330-344
The role of the Internet both as an ancient agora and a French café for the humanities....Pages 345-354
A self-regulated Internet community....Pages 355-361
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Recommendations: From sand, through silver, to gold plates....Pages 365-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-381