The Information Society and Development: What Kind of Relationship?

Description: > Product description The topic of "information society" is of very high importance in the dawn of the new era. It is a highly innovative tendency which leans on information as an energy in the fullest sense of the word. As a result, a way of thinking, a life style, an immaterial economy, and a specific societal model ensued. Trendy, topical, and timely, The Information Society and Development has both an academic and a referential aspect. It addresses the theme of the information society, covering various approaches in this new field of knowledge, including: the emergence * the concept * the characteristics * the challenge * the mechanisms for taking up the challenge * joining the rank of developed countries * the principles * assimilating t Product description The topic of "information society" is of very high importance in the dawn of the new era. It is a highly innovative tendency which leans on information as an energy in the fullest sense of the word. As a result, a way of thinking, a life style, an immaterial economy, and a specific societal model ensued. Trendy, topical, and timely, The Information Society and Development has both an academic and a referential aspect. It addresses the theme of the information society, covering various approaches in this new field of knowledge, including: the emergence * the concept * the characteristics * the challenge * the mechanisms for taking up the challenge * joining the rank of developed countries * the principles * assimilating the logic of war in peacetime. With a special focus on the Middle East and its correlation with the world, the book also includes the referential documents issued by the World Summit on the Information Society, from two phases held in Geneva and Tunisia respectively. Additionally, it contains a trilingual glossary - in Arabic, French, and English - as well as over 2,000 terms used in current research and studies in the field of the information society. About the Author Professor Ridha Methnani has a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences from the Sorbonne University, Paris. He taught at the Institute of Law for Development, Paris and is currently teaching at the Higher Institute of Press and Communication Sciences. He is also lecturing in a number of higher education and academic institutions. Professor Methnani has held several missions and positions, namely President of the Higher Council of Com-munication, Director General of Radio Channels, Director General of TV Channels, Director General of International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, Director of the Higher Institute of Press and Communication Sciences, and Director of the Higher Institute of Documentation. Professor Methnani is the author of several books, publications, and scientific and pedagogical studies in the field of Information and Communication Sciences, in-cluding Dictionary of Journalism and Medias (1991; co-author), The Concept of Mobilization and its Meanings, Characteristics and Channels of Mobilization Dis-course (1990), and Methods of Communication and Public Discourse (1994). Used Book in Good Condition

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