Information Technology and Societal Development

✍ Scribed by Andrew Targowski

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 463
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Latent in the current environment of rapid technological advances are breakthroughs waiting to be discovered that will have profound impacts on how organizations will cope with the direction civilization is taking. Information Technology and Societal Development examines in depth the full range of impacts of information technology on civilization and the development of societies. Uniquely broad in the scope of examining the societal implications of informational technology, this groundbreaking reference work makes an essential contribution to research libraries worldwide.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgment......Page 17
The Civilization Grand Model......Page 20
Civilization Life Cycle: Introduction......Page 64
The Civilization Index......Page 81
(A) Liberating the Future from the Past......Page 98
(B) Liberating the Past from the Future......Page 114
Will Wisdom Save the Human Project?......Page 122
From Global to Universal-Complementary Civilization......Page 137
Theory of Critical Total History of Civilization......Page 173
The Information Wave of Civilization......Page 203
Information and Organization......Page 237
Service Science and Automation Laws......Page 273
Information Laws......Page 296
The Electronic Global Village......Page 308
Information Societies......Page 330
Asymmetric Communication......Page 364
Civilization Market Integration......Page 382
The Future of Civilization......Page 414
The Information Architecture of the Universe......Page 438
About the Contributors......Page 453
Index......Page 454