Category Archives: Information Society

What’s an “information society”?

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

(Feb 13, 2006 – fixed the link to Pyati’s paper. Feb 19, 2006 – fixed a typo.) I recently came across a paper written by Ajit K. Pyati titled “WSIS: Whose vision of an information society?”. It’s not exactly brand … Continue reading →

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WSIS: Much more could have been done

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

I haven’t had time to read through the entire report, but I agree with the basic conclusions as stated in the intro. For now I’m just going to post this link. I may comment more later. “Much more could have … Continue reading →

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Good quote on “information literacy”

Posted on February 4, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Anita Givens, senior director for instructional materials and educational technology at the Texas Education Agency, is quoted in an article on CNN as saying, “… what is the educational value of accessing a lot of information?” and “Having a lot … Continue reading →

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