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Interventions from: Susana Chacon , Mexico Roseann Runte , USA/Canada

Workshop 2: Information Overload, Infotainment and Responsible Citizenship: Challenges for Democracy. Interventions from: Susana Chacon , Mexico Roseann Runte , USA/Canada Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker , Germany. Questions.

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Interventions from: Susana Chacon , Mexico Roseann Runte , USA/Canada

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  1. Workshop 2:Information Overload, Infotainment and Responsible Citizenship: Challenges for Democracy Interventions from: Susana Chacon, Mexico Roseann Runte, USA/Canada Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Germany

  2. Questions • What is necessary to safeguard that citizens can selelct and use information to base their choices on the relevant knowledge? • What is needed to empower citizens to actively participate in the knowledge society?

  3. Information Overload • 250 gigabytes of unique information produced per head per year world-wide (= 60 Million A4 pages SimpleText) • Reuters: 40% of executives surveyed say that their ability to make important decisions is hindered by over-abundance of information - yet 2/3 say: ‘right’ information not available • Immediacy of News reporting, no time for digesting, lack of synthesis • Disappearance of past, if only electronically available material counts

  4. Education for the Information Age • Ability to orientate, to select information and synthethise this into knowledge • Networks of educational institutions are emerging and technology can a promising tool for education • Education has to be relevant for the local context; cultural diversity has to be supported

  5. Ownership and Control • Control of the organisation of knowledge and the ownership of Mass Media are critical • Democratic control of this power is needed • Technology and networks provide an opportunity to decentralize the content production

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