scholarly journals Sociedade da informação e inclusão digital: uma análise crítica | Information society and digital inclusion: a critical analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Augusto Mansor de Mattos ◽  
Bruna Daniela Dias Rocchetti Santos
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

Resumo O presente texto faz uma leitura crítica da dinâmica da inclusão e da exclusão digital no contexto brasileiro e de suas implicações socioeconômicas, bem como demonstra algumas das falhas de interpretação calcadas em certo determinismo tecnológico e de uma visão exacerbadamente otimista acerca do papel das chamadas novas Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação (TICs) no Capitalismo Contemporâneo. Além disso, pretende-se abordar a relação entre a exclusão social, a exclusão digital e o fenômeno da globalização, além de apontar a relevância dos fatores qualitativo e cognitivo no que se refere às políticas públicas de inclusão digital.  Palavras-chave capitalismo contemporâneo; sociedade da informação; inclusão digital; exclusão digital; globalização Abstract This paper aims to analyze the dynamics of the digital divide in the Brazilian context and its socio-economic implications, as well to as it demonstrates some of the imperfections of some studies backed up by a kind of technological determinism and of an extremely optimistic view about the Information Technologies. Moreover, it intends to interpret the relation between the social exclusion, the digital divide and the phenomenon of the economic globalization, beyond highlighting the relevance of the qualitative and cognitive factors related to the public policies of digital inclusion. Keywords contemporary capitalism; information society; digital inclusion; digital divide;  globalization

scholarly journals Takis Zenetos’s Electronic Urbanism and Tele-Activities: Minimizing Transportation as Social Aspiration

Urban Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Marianna Charitonidou
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Home Office ◽  
The Social ◽  
Residential Units ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Takis Zenetos was enthusiastic about the idea of working from home, and believed that both architecture and urban planning should be reshaped in order to respond to this. He supported the design of special public spaces in residential units, aiming to accommodate the inhabitants during working hours. This article argues that Zenetos’s design for “Electronic Urbanism” was more prophetic, and more pragmatic, than his peers such as Archigram and Constant Nieuwenhuys. Despite the fact that they shared an optimism towards technological developments and megastructure, a main difference between Zenetos’s view and the perspectives of his peers is his rejection of a generalised enthusiasm concerning increasing mobility of people. In opposition with Archigram, Zenetos insisted in minimizing citizens’ mobility and supported the replacement of daily transport with the use advanced information technologies, using terms such as “tele-activity”. Zenetos was convinced that “Electronic Urbanism” would help citizens save the time that they normally used to commute to work, and would allow them to spend this time on more creative activities, at or near their homes. The main interest of “Electronic Urbanism” lies in the fact that it not only constitutes an artistic contribution to experimental architecture, but is also characterized by a new social vision, promising to resynchronize practices of daily life. An aspect that is also examined is the relationship of Zenetos’s ideas and those of the so-called Metabolists in the 1960s in Japan, including Kenzo Tange’s conception of megastructures. Zenetos’s thought is very topical considering the ongoing debates about the advanced information society, especially regarding the social concerns of surveillance, governance, and sovereignty within the context of Big Data. His conception of “tele-activities” provides a fertile terrain for reflecting on potential implications and insights concerning home-office conditions not only within the context of the current pandemic situation but beyond it as well.

scholarly journals Social assessment of technology and humanitarization of engineering in the information society

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-486
Author(s):  
V. A Tsvyk ◽  
I. V Tsvyk
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Assessment ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Technology ◽  
Moral Assessment

The article considers definitions of the contemporary technology and its social and moral assessment. In the information society, humanitarization of engineering and technical education in general becomes extremely important together with the social-humanitarian knowledge in the interdisciplinary assessment of the scientific-technological development. Technology Assessment (TA) is a new scientific discipline, a theory of assessing and forecasting the development of technology, and a practice of consulting. Based on the TA, algorithms are developed to identify negative effects of technology and to make scientifically sound decisions. An interdisciplinary dialogue on the social assessment of technology should focus not only on technocratic tasks but also on the social-humanitarian methodological and epistemological foundations of the TA. In recent years, this component of the social assessment of technology has influenced the Western-European academic discourse on Responsible Research and Innovation, which reflects the scientific understanding of the importance of ethical reflection of technical activity. Thus, there is an obvious need for the combination of the social-humanitarian expertise of innovative technological projects with technical, mathematical and applied methods in the information age. Contemporary radical changes determined by the scientific-technological revolution require new approaches, methods and forms of interaction between people and communities, while their global nature determines universal ethical principles of these relationships. The post-modern information development of Russia will be accompanied not only by implementation of information technologies in all spheres of life, but also by the social-moral assessment of technology, humanization and humanitarization of engineering, strengthening personal professionalism and creative abilities.

scholarly journals INFORMATION SOCIETY: INFLUENCE ON THE OPERATIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THE PROSPECTS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11(61)) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Sergey Sergeevich Gribkov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the impact of information technologies on the social and economic spheres, as well as the operational and service activities of the internal affairs bodies, in particular. The problems of detection, investigation and registration of crimes associated with the use of information and telecommunication technologies are touched upon. Prospective solutions to these issues are proposed.

Digital Divide Challenge

2008 ◽  
pp. 1431-1439
Author(s):  
Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou ◽  
Anastasia Pouloudi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Diffusion ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Normative Perspective

Following an initial euphoria about the power of the information superhighway to provide better access to information and wealth for all, what we have experienced in reality instead is that information and communication technologies have created further inequalities at individual, business, national and international level. To ease the effects of this “digital divide,” policy makers have taken up the role of change agencies, influencing the public in using innovative information technologies. This chapter focuses on the role of these change agencies for technology diffusion and the elimination of the digital divide. It is argued that examining the interest of change agencies and the other stakeholders involved in the diffusion process from a normative perspective can help in the preparation of effective information technology diffusion policies.

scholarly journals TOPICAL CONCEPTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SOCIETY UNDER CONDITIONS OF NBIC-CONVERGENCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2(14)) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Olga Yuriivna Chubukova ◽  
Nataliia Viktorivna Rallie ◽  
Yuliia Viktorivna Zimbalevska
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Target Setting ◽  
Technological Basis ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Scientific Achievements

Urgency of the research. The need for studying the problems and current trends in the field of integration of scientific achievements of the present in the context of its influence on the social paradigm is caused by the requirements and challenges of the next stage of civilization development - the information society. Target setting. It is expedient to update the directions of the development of the information society and formulate its main concepts on the basis of the analysis of the achievements of world science. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The scientific works of such scholars as I. Rodzin, S. Titarenko, M. Anissimov, J. Schummer, K. Borner, M. Rocco, V. Bainbridge and others are devoted to questions of the actual technological, social and economic aspects of the information society. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. The scientists have not yet sufficiently developed the issues of developing and implementing the achievements of the newest world-building technologies in their synergy and interacting within the framework of the NBIC-convergence. The research objective. The article aims to analyze and develop proposals for the actual concepts of building an information society in the context of NBIC-convergence. The statement of basic materials. The article defines the main components of NBIC-convergence and the results of their interdependent development, which form the latest technological basis of the information society. It is substantiated the necessity of development of cognitive technologies in the socio-economic sphere in their synergy with information technologies. It is offered hypothetical directions of development of society in the post-informational era. Conclusions. NBIC-convergence as the natural process of science towards the synergistic interaction and interdisciplinary scientific approaches creates the foundation for the transition to a new state of human capabilities through radical technological transformation.

Economic Implications of Migration into the Federal Republic of Germany, 1988–1992

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 693-709
Author(s):  
Arne Gieseck ◽  
Ullrich Heilemann ◽  
Hans Dietrich von Loeffelholz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
Social System ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

An analysis of the effects of the last wave of migration into West Germany on labor markets, public finances and economic growth, this study points at the often ignored fact that the migrants were rather successful in finding jobs and thus helped in eliminating labor shortages in certain industries. Simulations with a macroeconometric model for the FRG indicate that in 1992 the GDP was almost 6 percent higher than without migration, that 90,000 jobs were created and that migration created a surplus of DM14 billion in the public sector, compared to the baseline. This study also makes clear, however that these effects mainly depend on a quick absorption of migrants by FRG labor markets, and as to the social system, the relief may be only transitory.

РАЗВИТИЕ ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ В КЫРГЫЗСТАНЕ

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
Гульжан Назарматова ◽  
Мээрим Жанакунова
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Role Of Information

Аннотация: В данной статье рассматривается роль информационных технологий в социальной, экономической и политической и других сферах жизнедеятельности Кыргызстана. Раскрываются понятия “информационные технологии”, “информационное общество”, “цифровая трансформация”. Приводятся основные направления применения информационных технологий в сфере образования страны, описываются условия для их дальнейшего развития. Анализируется сущность понятия информационного общества, перспективы развития Кыргызстана и безопасности информационного общества. Сформулированы основные проблемы развития информационных технологий, что неизменно отражается на уровне экономического развития страны. Приводятся пути для решения всех этих проблем и продвижения реформ в области внедрения IТ - технологий в стране, необходимых для дальнейшего развития цифрового общества. Ключевые слова: знания, информация, информационные технологии, информационное общество, образовательная система, дистанционное обучение, цифровая трансформация, цифровое общество. Аннотация: Бул макалада маалымат технологиялардын ролу Кыргызстандын коомдук, экономикалык жана саясий турмуш чөйрөлөрүндө изилденилет. "Маалыматтык технологиялар", "маалыматтык коом" "санариптик трансформациялоо" түшүнүктөрү аныкталынат. Билим берүү тармагындагы маалымат технологияларын пайдалануунун негизги багыттары айтылат жана алардын андан ары өнүктүрүү үчүн шарттарды каралат. Маалымат коом түшүнүгүн, Кыргызстандын келечектеги өнүгүүсүнүн жана маалымат коомдун коопсуздугунун анализдөөсү жүргүзүлөт. Маалымат технологиялардын өнүгүүсүнүн негизги маселелери айтылат, алар өлкөнүн экономикалык өнүгүү деңгээлине таасирин тийгизишет. Бул маселелерди чечүү жана өлкөдөгү маалымат технологияларынын өнүгүшү үчүн реформаларын киргизүү жолдору каралат, анткени алар санариптик коомдун өнүгүшү зарыл. Түйүндүү сөздөр: илим, маалымат, маалымат технологиялары, маалымат коому, билим берүү системасы, аралыктан окутуу, санариптик трансформациялоо, санариптик коом. Abstract: This article discusses the role of information technology in the social, economic and political and other spheres of life of Kyrgyzstan. The concepts of “information technology”, “information society”, “digital transformation” are revealed. The main directions of the application of information technologies in the field of education of the country are described, the conditions for their further development are described. The essence of the concept of the information society, the prospects for the development of Kyrgyzstan and the security of the information society are analyzed. The main problems of the development of information technologies are formulated, which invariably affects the level of economic development of the country. Ways are given to solve all these problems and promote reforms in the implementation of IT technologies in the country, necessary for the further development of a digital society Keywords: knowledge, information, information technology, information society, educational system, distance learning, digital transformation, digital society.

Ethical Dilemma of the Digital Divide in the Threshold of Social Inequalities in Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essien Essien
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
The Web

Despite the ubiquitous nature of the internet in our daily lives today, the digital divide discourse in Africa highlights the inequitable social distribution of ICT access. The failure to have equitable social access to ICT tools, or a lack of skills to operate them, clearly depicts a technological predicament and a metaphor that questions the social gaps between humans that can access and use the web, and those that cannot. Relying on content analysis of extensive literature on the digital divide, this paper explores the notion of digital divide social inequalities in Africa, especially as it concerns how it should be understood, valued and managed. Findings, reveals that though the new information technologies are rapidly changing lives of a small but growing number of people across Africa, decisions on content, knowledge and participation excludes Africans. The digital divide therefore, has the potential to create, perpetuate and exacerbate morally objectionable conditions that can replicate poverty, construct exclusion and foregrounds social inequality in many African societies.

Digital Divide Challenge

2011 ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou ◽  
Athanasia Pouloudi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Diffusion ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Normative Perspective

Following an initial euphoria about the power of the information superhighway to provide better access to information and wealth for all, what we have experienced in reality instead is that information and communication technologies have created further inequalities at individual, business, national and international level. To ease the effects of this “digital divide,” policy makers have taken up the role of change agencies, influencing the public in using innovative information technologies. This chapter focuses on the role of these change agencies for technology diffusion and the elimination of the digital divide. It is argued that examining the interest of change agencies and the other stakeholders involved in the diffusion process from a normative perspective can help in the preparation of effective information technology diffusion policies.

scholarly journals The reconstruction of the Siberian cities historical topography by means of GIS technologies (the case of Tobolsk at the turn of the 19th–20th c.)

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-212
Author(s):  
Elena Bryukhanova ◽  
Evgeniy Krupochkin ◽  
Mariya Rygalova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Stage Structure ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Population Census ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gis Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

The article presents the analytical results of the project to reconstruct the social space of the city of Tobolsk according to the First All-Russian Population Census of 1897. The project is comprehensive, interdisciplinary in nature and is represented by a multi-stage structure. The source base of the project is represented by various types of sources and allows to recreate an objective and fairly complete model of the topography of urban space. The possibilities and effectiveness of the using of geographic information technologies in the studying of urban space are repeatedly confirmed by both foreign and domestic researchers. Many of these projects are available as interactive maps in the public domain on the Internet. The project for the reconstruction of urban space of Siberian cities at the turn of the 19th–20th c. included the development of the GIS “The population of Siberian cities at the turn of the 19th–20th c.” and the presentation of the results in the form of an interactive resource posted in the public domain with its further analysis. The city can be considered as a constantly developing phenomenon. The development of its environment is influenced by various external factors. In direct relationship with the city is its population. The objective of the project at the stage of analytical work is identification of the features and patterns of the influence of urban space on the distribution of the population, taking into account its estate, confessional, professional affiliation, i.e. the formation of the social topography of urban space. Tobolsk was chosen as a city, which preserved a significant number of written and visual sources (photographs). The results of the project showed the appropriateness of applying GIS technologies, which makes it possible to extend this experience to the study of the topography of other Siberian cities.

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