[eccr] new ECCR book - The European Information Society: A Reality Check 2003

Dear sir, madam,

The ECCR is glad to announce the publication of its first book in the ECCR 
boek series.

ECCR members in good standing will receive this book free as part of their 
membership package.

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The European Information Society: A Reality Check 2003
Edited by Jan Servaes

This series consists of books arising from the intellectual work of ECCR 
members. The globalisation of social, cultural and economic relations is 
facilitated, and at the same time conditioned by developments in the 
information and communications technologies (ICT) and infrastructure. Human 
knowledge brought mankind from an oral to a literate culture, thanks to the 
invention of the print media. The development of the electronic media in 
the last century paved the path for the information age, in which spatial 
and temporal constraints are lifted. "In every society, the production, 
distribution, and use of information play vital roles in the management of 
events. The development of these Information Societies has been 
characterized by the innovation and adoption of technologies, changes in 
mass media systems, and changing patterns and procedures for individual and 
group decision-making. Attention has shifted in these societies from the 
development and utilization of technologies to a concern for their impact 
upon each society" (Edelstein, Bowes & Harsel, 1978: vii). The consequences 
of this revolution in human communications are multidimensional in 
character, affecting economical, political and social life on national, 
international and local levels.

ISBN 1-84150-106-9, £20.00/$40.00, Paperback, 260pp
August 2003

Contents

By way of introduction

Introducing the issue
1-      Jan Servaes - The European Information Society: A wake-up call

Checking discourses, policies, and findings
2-      Paschal Preston - European Union ICT Policies: Neglected Social and 
Cultural Dimensions
3-      Caroline Pauwels & Jean-Claude Burgelman - Policy challenges 
resulting from the creation of a European Information Society: A critical 
analysis
4-      Francois Heinderyckx - Issues in measuring Information Society 
adoption in Europe
5-      Nico Carpentier - Access and participation in the discourse of the 
digital divide: The European perspective at/on the WSIS
6-      Cees J. Hamelink - Communication Rights and the European 
Information Society

Checking in more detail
7-      Robert G. Picard - Business Issues facing New Media
8-      Peter Johnston - Perspectives for Employment in the Transition to a 
Knowledge Society
9-      Andrea Ricci - The Political Internet: Between dogma and reality
10-     Brian Trench - New roles for users in online news media? Exploring 
the application of interactivity through European case studies

By way of conclusions
11-     Luisella Pawan-Woolfe - Social and Human Capital in the Knowledge 
Society: Policy implications
12-     Jan Servaes - Digital citizenship and information inequalities: 
Challenges for the future

List of acronyms

Note on contributors


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Carpentier Nico (Phd)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University Brussels
Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication (SMIT)
Centre for Media Sociology (CeMeSO)
Office: C0.05
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.30
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E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
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