General Information

Language

English.

Published

Geneva : United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, [2003]

Physical Description

xi, 223 p. ; 21 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Girard, Bruce, 1955- (editor)

Ó Siochrú, Seán, 1955- (editor)

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.

World Summit on the Information Society (2003 : (Geneva, Switzerland))

Subjects

Subject

Information society.

Information technology.

Women > Effect of technological innovations on.

Civil society.

Mass media > Developing countries.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Bruce Girard and Seán Ó Siochrú.

Note

Includes bibliographical references.

"Prepared for the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, 2003"--P. [4] of cover.

Content

Introduciotn / Seán Ó Siochrú and Bruce Girard -- What about gender issues in the information society? / Dafne Sabanes Plou -- A community informatics for the information society / William McIver, Jr. -- The other information revolution: media and empowerment in developing countries / James Deane with Kunda Dixit, Njonjo Mue, Fackson Banda and Silvio Waisbord -- Media and democratization in the information society / Marc Raboy -- Human rights for the information society / Cees J. Hamelink -- Locating the information society within civil society: the case of scientific and scholarly publications / Jean-Claude Guédon -- A brief descriptive glossary of communication and information / Antonio Pasquali.

ISBN

9290850450

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	303.4833 GIR		OSA Repository	Donation of Katalin Koncz.

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