Author:
Žiga Turk
Affiliation:
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Keyword(s):
Information Technology, Internet Science, Strategic Planning, Future Studies, Policy Creation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Government
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Social and Legal Issues
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) is perhaps the most influential
driver that is fundamentally changing the world and the societies we live in. ICT is (a) changing the
communication fabric that is linking the elements of societies together and is (b) automating human routine
work. The latter is enabling automation and creating an abundance of food, industrial products and
information. This abundance is pushing the value creation towards the creation of new knowledge and
meaningful (rather than only functional) products and services. Information, knowledge and meaning are the
three key commodities of the modern economy. Innovation and creativity are key processes creating these
commodities. The two activities are very significantly supported by information and communication
technologies.
ICTs are politically acknowledged on several levels of future planning: in R&D programs, development
strategies, future studies and visions. However, a scientific
base for all this is lacking. The interaction
among ICT, innovation and society at large is a subject of research projects such as EINS and spawning the
birth of a new interdisciplinary science, Internet Science - that is studying the interaction between
information technology and society.
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