Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society?
Sweden - like the other Nordic countries - is recognized as a leading IT nation. For this reason it is important to evaluate the specificities of Swedish policy discourses on the information society. The development of the information society has been a key topic in policy debates since the mid-1990...
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| description | Sweden - like the other Nordic countries - is recognized as a leading IT nation. For this reason it is important to evaluate the specificities of Swedish policy discourses on the information society. The development of the information society has been a key topic in policy debates since the mid-1990s. More recently, new concepts such as ‘sustainable’ or ‘green knowledge society’ have emerged. This puts forward new questions about which type of information society we aim to achieve. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbf456464b904a1490a3818affded0372023-09-02T21:28:55ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192013-11-0134231810.2478/nor-2013-0050Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society?Verdegem Pieter0Fuchs Christian1Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Ghent UniversityDepartments of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University; 2013-: Communication and Media Research Institute, University of WestminsterSweden - like the other Nordic countries - is recognized as a leading IT nation. For this reason it is important to evaluate the specificities of Swedish policy discourses on the information society. The development of the information society has been a key topic in policy debates since the mid-1990s. More recently, new concepts such as ‘sustainable’ or ‘green knowledge society’ have emerged. This puts forward new questions about which type of information society we aim to achieve.https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0050information societyparticipationco-operationsustainabilityict policy discoursessweden |
| spellingShingle | Verdegem Pieter Fuchs Christian Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? Nordicom Review information society participation co-operation sustainability ict policy discourses sweden |
| title | Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? |
| title_full | Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? |
| title_fullStr | Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? |
| title_short | Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? |
| title_sort | towards a participatory co operative and sustainable information society |
| topic | information society participation co-operation sustainability ict policy discourses sweden |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0050 |
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