Recent Trends in EU Information Policy: Toward Greater Transparency in the Information Society

2010 ◽  
pp. 181-197
Author(s):  
Debbie Rabina ◽  
Scott Johnston
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
И.Ф. Минхаирова ◽  
К.П. Жаворонкова

The article deals with some problems of the formation of the information society and the implementation of information technologies. Attention is focused on the possibility of using the latest IT achievements not only for the benefit of society, but also in the interests of individual corporations and criminal groups. Cybercrime statistics are provided. The trend for their growth is shown. The work of the state in the field of information policy is analyzed. As a result, a general conclusion is made about the need to accelerate the pace of development of information technologies and the development of legal norms governing this group of public relations.


Author(s):  
Iryna Sopilko

The study gives definitions of information security and related terms, such as cybersecurity, national security, and others, indicates the goals, objects, subjects of the concepts under consideration. The author also considers the features of the foundation and development of the information society in Ukraine, the components of its state information policy for ensuring information security, and identifies the key operations of activity of state bodies in the information sphere. The approaches of scientists who studied certain aspects of national and information security were analyzed, based on their work valuable conclusions were drawn and the conceptual basis of the article was formed. Independently, the definition and characteristics of external and internal threats to the information security of the country are given, methods for solving the problems arising in this connection are introduced, ways of ensuring the information security of the state are indicated. Information security in this study is considered as the central element of the national security of Ukraine, as well as a problematic issue in the field of information protection and ensuring the high-quality functioning of the information space. The author made an in-depth analysis of the existing regulatory and legal instruments for ensuring information security, pointed out their shortcomings, and gave recommendations for their further advancement. Also, recommendations are given to improve the current situation with the regulation of information security in the country, the directions of the state information policy are suggested and ways to ensure the continuity of the functioning of the information security system of Ukraine are indicated.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Shane

Notwithstanding recent events that might be thought to create an atmosphere especially hospitable for increases in federal government secrecy, government initiatives favoring of the withholding of information have been accompanied by other moves in the direction of greater openness. In his introduction to a symposium on Federal Secrecy After September 11 and the Future of the Information Society, Professor Shane suggests that the politics of post-September 11 information policy debates may be complicated, in part, by social developments that are affecting the non-instrumental cultural values Americans associate with access to information. Specifically, information and communications technologies are enabling and sustaining an unprecedented degree of active participation for ordinary individuals in the creation of culture and of social meaning, and thus fostering conditions opposed to the assumptions about authority, categorical coherence, and the susceptibility of information to isolation that have historically made government secrecy seem both legitimate and practicable. These developments do not mean that openness will or should in principle prevail over secrecy in all debates regarding public information policy. But they render the political terrain for proponents of secrecy rougher to the extent that these social changes make secrecy regimes seem more alien and unnatural in the information society.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201
Author(s):  
Kertti Merimaa ◽  
Krista Lepik

There is a controversy: while information literacy (IL) has been recognized to have a central role in operating efficiently in the information society, previous studies have noted that in the European political agenda, the actual wording of IL is rarely used. This study pays a close visit to 15 Estonian information policy–related national strategic documents from 1998 to 2014 to understand the emerging role of IL in these documents. Qualitative text analysis and critical discourse analysis are employed to analyse both explicit representations and implicit conceptualizations of IL, linked to social determinants, ideologies, and effects from the dominating discourse. Considering the differ-ent “faces” of IL (Bruce, 1997), one can see that while the dominant approach to IL is technologically oriented, few other concepts of IL can be detected. Discursively, the information society is defined through economic and technological fields, on the wave of technological determinism and neoliberal-ism, with some social equality.


The article discusses the factors and conditions for the development of the information society in the Russian Federation. The new conceptual elements of the state information policy that were established in the Strategy for information society development in the Russian Federation are analyzed. The main characteristics of the knowledge society and the digital economy are revealed. Their importance in transforming of state and public life is emphasized. The author believes that in modern digital space the signifi cance of reliability of information considerably arises. The author also identifi es some problems. First, for many people a digital space of knowledge remains inaccessible. Second, enhancement of the opportunities provided by the Internet increases the number of cyber-attacks against the interests of states, society, and individuals. Third, development of computer technologies has encouraged the shift of peoples’ perception of the world from scientifi c, cultural, and educational information to entertaining and how-to-do information. Implementation of the goals and objectives of the Strategy is intended to adress these challenges


1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
A. Baba ◽  
T. Terai ◽  
T. Ohkubo

Author(s):  
Heidi Julien ◽  
Michelle Helliwell

With sweeping changes in the way Canadians seek and use information in recent years, public libraries have been on a quest to stake a claim in the information society. In addition, Industry Canada has named public libraries as vehicles for its 'Connecting Canadians' initiative. This paper reports the results of an analysis of public libraries' responses to these imposed roles. The web sites of Canada's 22 largest cities were analyzed...


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5(74)) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
N.Sh. Kurbanova

It is well known that today modern information technologies have penetrated into all sectors of society and have made a unique turn in human life.This caused various risks in various areas of public life in addition to work efficiency.As we know, information has become a negative, sometimes positive force, affecting human thinking in various directions, one way or another turning the life and destiny of mankind.Therefore, the role of state information policy in the effective use of communication technologies with the public, the information society, the need of citizens in information and political processes, the study of theoretical methodologies for studying the functions and functions of the media.In this context, the article analyzes the role of state information policy in the development of the modern information society, as well as new ways and means of usingtechnology to shape public opinion.It also describes the reforms undertaken in Uzbekistan to address these issues.In addition, foreign experience in the field of transactional media communications and interpersonal relationships was studied, as well as a theoretical study of new multimedia technologies.In particular, theories that include macroanalytical terms regarding communication infrastructure, technologies and their interaction with society -the theory of media systems and the processing of social information, as well as interactive communication and society.


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