"La relación entre comunicación y cultura es un binomio indisoluble, buscar una fórmula equitativa en el perfeccionamiento del mismo, asumir que la participación constituye una de las dimensiones principales de la sociedad de la información; o que la planificación de objetivos en los países e
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n desarrollo ha de estar presente en cada etapa que se aborde son, entre otros atractivos temas, objetivo del análisis de este provocador ensayo, que abre nuevas perspectivas de debate y sitúa la discusión en los fines más ambiciosos de la cooperación internacional al desarrollo." (Tapa posterior)
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"If the ambitious goal of building a global Information Society is to be realised, it is important to track progress against the indicative targets set out in the WSIS final outcome documents. One of the key elements is the bridging of the digital divide. This is a measure of the gap in access to IC
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Ts between different countries, or between different regions within a country. A further element is to examine the progress of the different multi-stakeholder partnerships that have been established during the WSIS process. There is a sense in which the WSIS has created a learning community, in which policy-makers and regulators can learn from best practice experiences of their neighbours and peers in other parts of the world. This Report is intended to provide guidelines for policymakers, in particular in developing countries, in the context of mobilizing resources and developing their own strategies for building the Information Society. In this regard, the Report covers the main elements of the Information Society and provides a new tool for measuring progress towards building it, through the Digital Opportunity Index (DOI)." (Page 11)
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"The contribution in this book cast a spotlight into dark, often neglected, corners of the "information society" as articulated in the World Summit on the Information Society. Several very different layers are illuminated, from the philosophical underpinnings of the role of information in society, t
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o the context and manner in which the concept has recently emerged into global consciousness, to how it can be deployed in practice to maximize benefits to society. An edited volume is well suited to covering these diverse ways of thinking about the topic as it offers the opportunity to bring together authors with different backgrounds and approaches." (Publisher description)
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"Eine Einigung buchstäblich in letzter Minute, kontroverse Entscheidungen in Arbeitsgruppen vertagt - die Ergebnisse des World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), dessen erster Teil vom 10. bis 12. Dezember 2003 in Genf stattfand, sind bescheiden. Die offiziellen Deklarationen enthalten nur v
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age Grundsätze und allgemeine Absichtserklärungen. Dennoch fällt die Bilanz des Gipfels positiv aus, denn zweifellos hat der Weltgipfel für die Informationsgesellschaft das Problembewusstsein der beteiligten Regierungen, internationalen Organisationen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Vertreter geschärft." (Seite 720)
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