MONGOLIA’S INDEPENDENT INTERNET?

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

Communist Past ◽

Legal Frameworks

AOIR 2021 conference theme “independence” of the internet provides an opportunity for researchers to reevaluate internet development in the global south by applying theories of “informational capitalism” (Castells, 2000; Schiller, 2000) and “surveillance capitalism” (Suboff, 2019). This paper aims to trace the development of informational society in Mongolia, a 30-year-old democracy in the Central Asian steppe. With a nomadic culture, a Buddhist tradition, and a communist past, Mongolia’s information society has unique encounters with global corporations such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (GAFAM). The paper focuses on juxtapositions of information society with traditional, cultural, political, and social aspects of Mongolian life. I establish how Mongolia is positioned in various global information society perspectives, by investigating tensions that have not been addressed in this nation’s context of a communist past and an ongoing nomadic lifestyle. I also trace the historic development of information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives during the socialist and post-communist eras. Online speech controversies, misinformation, and commercial speech on social media all tested Mongolia’s new Constitution of 1992. The constitution promulgates a free press and the freedom of speech in the zeitgeist of the 1990s to prioritize the eradication of communist-era political censorship and communist party control. One cannot help but notice the gap in the legal frameworks of Mongolian institutions between the current and the “aspired to” states of democratization and protection of human rights and cultural experiences.

Meme As an Element of the Cultural Code of Self-Identification of Russian Society

Social’naya politika i sociologiya ◽

10.17922/2071-3665-2021-20-2-183-191 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 183-191

Author(s):

Ibrahim M. Melikov ◽

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Victoria G. Sipovich ◽

Nikolay M. Karas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information Society ◽

State Level ◽

The State ◽

Russian Society ◽

Global Information ◽

State Identity ◽

Cultural Variable ◽

Cultural Code

The article analyzes the challenges of the state identity of the Russian society in the process of formation of the global information society. The article considers the meme as an information and communication construct, examines its role and influence on the formation of state identity and its application at the state level and in politics. The article analyzes the specifics of the Russian identity in the context of transformation into a new form, as well as the trends of its functioning in the current modern realities, as a result of the influence of external actors on it and the increasing role of Westernization. The conclusion is formulated that the meme is an independent cultural variable that influences the functioning of state identity within the global information society.

Is ICT the panacea to sub-Saharan Africa’s development problems? Rethinking Africa’s contentious engagement with the global information society

Progress in Development Studies ◽

10.1177/146499341101200309 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (2-3) ◽

pp. 231-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Peter A. Kwaku Kyem

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Information Society ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Ict Adoption ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Ssa Countries

The explosion in mobile phone subscription notwithstanding, benefits from ICT deployment are far from being realized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A clash between the rationality for development and local systems of reasoning, and the failure to cultivate behaviours that support technological innovation provide little hope for sustained information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in the region. The article discusses failures in technological innovation and then explores ways that SSA countries can manage ICT deployment to stimulate sustained adoption.

Global Perspectives on the Information Society

Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-168-1.ch001 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 1-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William J. McIver Jr.

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Information Society ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Social Dimensions ◽

Social Informatics ◽

Global Perspectives ◽

International Perspectives ◽

Information And Communication

This chapter surveys issues and priorities being raised internationally by governments, civil society and the private sector in conceptualizing a global information society. Examinations of social, ethical and policy implications of information and communication technologies are often limited in scope, by region, constituency, issue, or other social dimensions. It is critically important, given growing global interdependencies in terms of labor, trade, communications resources and other factors, that social informatics and community informatics research begin to include more international perspectives and analyses. Efforts initiated within the United Nations sphere and other international bodies in recent years are offering unique opportunities to develop such perspectives. This chapter examines the body of issues being raised through these processes. This chapter seeks to show the diversity of perspectives that exist globally on these issues. Global perspectives on social, ethical and policy implications of information systems introduce the consideration of both the common and the diverse needs of the world’s many cultures, regions and nations. Information and communication technologies are seen in this context as both enabling solutions to the world’s many social problems and as potential sources of threats to labor, environment, culture, and other facets of society.

Global Perspectives on the Information Society

Global Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch025 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 299-319

Author(s):

William J. McIver Jr.

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Information Society ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Social Dimensions ◽

Social Informatics ◽

Global Perspectives ◽

International Perspectives ◽

Information And Communication

Methodology of Management of Innovative Development of Complex Socio-Economic Systems in the Information Society

ITM Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/itmconf/20203506001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 06001

Author(s):

Yong He ◽

Tatiana Yu. Tsibizova ◽

Konstantin A. Neusypin ◽

Maria S. Selezneva

Keyword(s):

Intelligent Control ◽

Information Society ◽

Effective Interaction ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Innovative Development ◽

Intelligent Control System ◽

Common Interests ◽

Innovation Clusters

The article presents methodological recommendations for managing the innovative development of complex socio-economic systems in the context of movement towards the information society, the formation and development of problem-oriented information and communication social spaces, the formation of specialized virtual innovation clusters, the organization of effective interaction between government bodies and local self-government, economic entities, their associations, other organizations and citizens having common interests and a common goal. The proposed methodological recommendations and model of innovative development can, with account of specific features, be effectively applied in various sectors of the national economy. Using the research results in practice will contribute to solving the problem of innovative modernization of the country, adapting authorities, organizations and citizens to the conditions of the global information society, increasing the functioning and competitiveness of complex socio-economic systems, improving quality and increasing the volume of socially significant products. An intelligent control system is proposed and a technology for managing the innovative development of complex socio-economic systems is developed.

Protection of human rights violated by cybercrimes in global information

Naukovyy Visnyk Dnipropetrovs kogo Derzhavnogo Universytety Vnutrishnikh Sprav ◽

10.31733/2078-3566-2020-2-35-41 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 35-41

Author(s):

Gulnaz Rzayeva

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Information Society ◽

Modern Society ◽

Global Information ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

Illegal Behavior ◽

Protection Mechanisms ◽

Protection Of Human Rights

Changing and developing world outlook in modern society also has an impact on illegal behavior. As traditional methods do not meet the requirements of the time, ICTs are increasingly being used as a new method and tool for violating human rights and committing different offences. This also requires strengthening the fight against cybercrimes. In the article were put forward suggestions and recommenda-tions for the development of human rights protection mechanisms that have been violated by cybercrimes in the global information society.

From Digital Divides to Digital Inequalities

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch177 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1114-1119 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Francesco Amoretti ◽

Clementina Casula

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Information Society ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Digital Divides ◽

New Information ◽

Private And Public ◽

Policy Agendas ◽

The Individual

Concerns about inequalities deriving from the penetration of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) have only recently become a widely debated issue in industrial societies. Until the 1980s the diffusion of ICT was mainly considered a matter of technological innovation regarding selected fields and limited territorial areas (such as the military and academic centers in the U.S.). Gradually, scholars started to point to the rise of an information society based on the production of information as the crucial resource to manage coordination and control of increasingly interconnected organizational systems (Masuda, 1981; Beniger, 1986; Toffler, 1990). The expression offered an alternative to the otherwise negative definitions used by scholars since the 1970s to identify changes occurring in Western democratic societies (‘post-capitalism’, ‘post-industrialism’, ‘post-materialism’, etc.) (Touraine, 1969; Bell, 1973). The debate over the information society, enthusiastically greeted by some authors (Negroponte, 1995) and critically observed by others (Castells, 1996, 2001; May, 2002; Mattelart, 2003), witnessed since the mid-1990s widespread success in public and political debates (Thomas, 1996). In front of the fast and capillary diffusion of ICTs virtually to all sectors of private and public life, most Western countries’ governments and international organizations have inserted within their policy agendas a reference to the unavoidability, if not desirability, of a radical shift to the new information age. The rhetoric accompanying those discourses often presents the expansion of the ICT sector?and especially the Internet?as offering citizens returns at both the individual and collective level, in the form of greater access to goods and services, increased levels of social and civic participation, and wider economic and working opportunities for all. Presented as a crucial means to participate in the new global information society, ICTs become recognized as a resource that should be fairly distributed among citizens, albeit on the basis of different arguments (ranging from social equity to economic efficiency or global development concerns), often leading to opposite conclusions on the scope for redistributive interventions (Strover, 2003; Selwyn, 2007).

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a source of development of states and regions in the age of globalization

Journal of Geography Politics and Society ◽

10.26881/jpgs.2020.1.03 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Information Society ◽

Global Information ◽

The Rich ◽

Development Gap

The article presents the current evolution of the global information society and the problem of digital divide. An additional category is globalization, which has been presented as an accelerator for the development of a global information society. The role of ICT in filling the development gap between regions of the world was identified on the basis of the UN classification. The concept of “digital divide” was introduced as a synonym for a new kind of development gap between the rich North and the poor South, and analysis of data from UN publications showed a constant high diversity of the global information society, which is clearly regionalized.

Dynamics of Reading Culture in the Global Information Society

10.15405/epsbs.2017.07.02.42 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Elena A. Selyutina

Keyword(s):

Information Society ◽

Global Information ◽

Reading Culture

BOOK PUBLISHING IN UKRAINE: THE FACTORS OF EVELOP

Integrated communications ◽

10.28925/2524-2644.2016.2.11 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Victor Shpak

Keyword(s):

Information Society ◽

Publishing Industry ◽

Book Industry ◽

Book Publishing ◽

Advanced Technology ◽

Information Space ◽

New Information ◽

National Information

This article is devoted to analysis of the modern problems of book publishing in the context of national information space. Development of the Ukrainian state is impossible without development of national book publishing, which is a part of its information space. In Ukraine, as one of the post-Soviet states, the formation of new information and communication system is based on its own information tradition, mentality and features of spiritual culture of the Ukrainians. It plays an important role in shaping culture, spirituality, comprehensive vision and consciousness of the nation. They were and they are a source of knowledge and the most effective way of its transfer. The transience of processes occurring the era of information society, radical socio-economic reforms, sectoral technological revolution requires the continuous scientific researches and analysis, identifying the trends in publishing industry as one of the most important factors in the state’s democratic progress. The author summarizes the development of book publishing of Ukraine and shows its role and place in the modern information society. The study of the modern book publishing is impossible without digression into the past, without finding out the roots of studying of the analysis object. The specific problems of the book industry are identified. It is concluded that in the modern Ukraine the publishing business has intensified, although the positive changes are taking place very slowly: the appropriate economic conditions for development of the publishing industry have not been created, the equipment are outdated; editorial, publishing and printing equipment of domestic manufacture are nonavailable; introduction of advanced technology are low; purchasing ability of the population is low; the sales network of printed products has been destroyed and so on. The businesses are becoming increasingly uneconomical. We propose some measures to improve this situation, strengthening the role of industry in the national information space. The key to improve the situation may be systematic and persistent efforts of the Ukrainian government to support the industry.The reason is that a comprehensive study requires from the performers not only historical knowledge, but also economic, managerial, psychological, political efforts and so on. The most important thing that the society and the state should need is the component of doctrine of information security in the context of the national security