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1001-Week 2. What is meant by information society? New World Information & Communication Order (NWICO) (1970s) World Summit on the Information Society (2003 and 2005, in Geneva and Tunis What is this thing called a knowledge-based economy/society? Digital economy rhetoric of today.
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1001-Week 2 • What is meant by information society? • New World Information & Communication Order (NWICO) (1970s) • World Summit on the Information Society (2003 and 2005, in Geneva and Tunis • What is this thing called a knowledge-based economy/society? • Digital economy rhetoric of today
Information Society • Can be technologically deterministic
Frank Webster - 5 Spheres of Information Society • technological • economic • occupational • spatial • cultural