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Network Society course (II). Irene Mia: State of development of the Networked Society via ICTlogy October 15th, 2008 at 11:39

Notes from the course Network Society: Social Changes, Organizations and Citizens, Barcelona, 15-17 October, 2008. State of development of the Networked SocietyIrene Mia, World Economic Forum The Global Competitiveness Report and The Global Information Technology Report The Global Competitiveness Report A network of experts that reports the state of the economy in most countries of the World (covering circa 98% of the World’s GDP). The network works also on tourism, technology, private investment, etc. The main goal is seeing why, given different countries with very different frameworks and socioeconomic backgrounds, why some of them behave similarly. It seems that there is a high correlation between competitiveness and e-readiness: ICTs are a general purpose technology that...

Course: Network Society: Social changes, organizations and citizens - Definitive programme via ICTlogy October 1st, 2008 at 11:52

A couple of months ago we already announced the course Network Society: Social changes, organizations and citizens. Finally, we have been able to set up the definitive programme for the course and all the details concerning its organization. The making of both the programme and the sponsorships has been quite an issue, but we believe that we, at last, succeeded in creating a valuable proposal for all those interested in the analysis of the changes that our society faces and the role of technology and culture in the whole set. There are circa 200 people attending the course and we hope it will become an opportunity to create (and shift towards the Net) an open and critical conversation about the so-called “network society”. Registration closes on Monday October 6th. The...