This subject explores notions of the Information Society – economic, technological, cultural – and its underlying assumptions. Students analyse and compare national and regional information policies in terms of the different conceptions of the information society with particular reference to the implicit definitions of information and values embedded in the policies. Issues explored in the subject include the relationship between information policy, communication policy, information technology policy and information infrastructure policy.

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