The Emergence of an Information Society

"The Emergence of an Information Society"
The Emergence of an information society
Background
The emergence of the information society, especially in the last 50 years, brought the promise of an unlimited, open access to an infinite array of information that would improve the way we live, learn work and govern. People have observed this rise of technology and they imagined an information world that would migrate from the state of scarcity to a state of abundance, transcending geographic, legal, and political boundaries. This dream envisioned a utopia where people could conn…