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1 PERSPECTIVES AND POLICIES ON ICT IN SOCIETY

2 IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing IFIP was founded in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO, following the First World Computer Congress held in Paris the previous year. An umbrella organization for societies working in information processing, IFIP's aim is two-fold: to support information processing within its member countries and to encourage technology transfer to developing nations. As its mission statement clearly states, IFIP's mission is to be the leading, truly international, apolitical organization which encourages and assists in the development, exploitation and application of information technology for the benefit of all people. IFIP is a non-profitmaking organization, run almost solely by 2500 volunteers. It operates through a number of technical committees, which organize events and publications. IFIP's events range from an international congress to local seminars, but the most important are: The IFIP World Computer Congress, held every second year; Open conferences; Working conferences. The flagship event is the IFIP World Computer Congress, at which both invited and contributed papers are presented. Contributed papers are rigorously refereed and the rejection rate is high. As with the Congress, participation in the open conferences is open to all and papers may be invited or submitted. Again, submitted papers are stringently refereed. The working conferences are structured differently. They are usually run by a working group and attendance is small and by invitation only. Their purpose is to create an atmosphere conducive to innovation and development. Refereeing is less rigorous and papers are subjected to extensive group discussion. Publications arising from IFIP events vary. The papers presented at the IFIP World Computer Congress and at open conferences are published as conference proceedings, while the results of the working conferences are often published as collections of selected and edited papers. Any national society whose primary activity is in information may apply to become a full member of IFIP, although full membership is restricted to one society per country. Full members are entitled to vote at the annual General Assembly, National societies preferring a less committed involvement may apply for associate or corresponding membership. Associate members enjoy the same benefits as full members, but without voting rights. Corresponding members are not represented in IFIP bodies. Affiliated membership is open to non-national societies, and individual and honorary membership schemes are also offered.

3 PERSPECTIVES AND POLICIES ON ICT IN SOCIETY An IFIP TC9 (Computers and Society) Handbook Edited by Jacques Berleur Institut dlnformatique Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Belguim Chrisanthi Avgerou London School of Economics United Kingdom Springer

4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CLP. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society, Edited by Jacques Berleur and Chrisanthi Avgerou p.cm. (Lhe Litemational Federation for Liformation Processing) ISBN-10: (HB) ISBN-13: (HB) ISBN-10: (ebook) ISBN-13: (ebook) Printed on acid-free paper. Copyright 2005 by International Federation for Information Processing. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher [Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now knovm or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America SPIN (HC) / (ebook) springeronline. com

5 Content INTRODUCTION Jacques Berleur and Chrisanthi Avgerou (eds.) 1 PART 1 - POLICIES ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Africa Jonathan Miller 15 ICT in China: A strong Force to Boost Economic and Social Development Xinxiang Chen, Jiaqing Gao, and Wenda Tan 27 ICT Policies of the European Union: From an Information Society to ^Europe. Trends and Visions Jacques Berleur and Jean-Marc Galand 3 7 The Information Society in the Asia-Pacific Region: India and Australia Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan and John Weckert 67 IT STAR in Central and Eastern Europe - A Synergy of a Goodwill Niko Schlamberger and Franci Pivec 11

6 Controlling and Enhancing the Information Society in the United States JAM Lee 87 The Information (Society) Race Laszlo Z Karvalics 99 PART 2 - THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: ISSUES OF MAJOR CONCERN The Relation of Computers and Work Peter Mambrey 121 The Information Society and its Consequences: Lessons from the Past Jan Holvast, Penny Duquenoy, and Diane Whitehouse 135 Historic, Contemporary, and Future Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on People with Impairments Geoff Busby 153 Ethics of Computing Penny Duquenoy 15 9 Ethical Questions on the Governance of the Internet Jacques Berleur 171 The Home in the Information Society Andy Shane 187 Information Society and the Digital Divide Problem in Developing Countries Chrisanthi Avgerou and Shirin Madon 205 Symbolic and Structuring Effects of the Internet on Privacy Albin Zuccato and Simone Fischer-Hubner 219 Integrating Historical and Societal Contexts in the Computing Curricula John Impagliazzo, John A.N. Lee, and David C. Cassidy 239

7 The Role of the Information Society Model in Education in the United States Ronald E. Anderson 257 Working with Information Systems - the Role of the Professional DickSizer 275 Collaboration and Research Methods Pertti Jdrvinen 2 81 SUBJECT INDEX 289 vn

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