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The impending new millennium offers a rare opportunity to assess the impact that the technological revolution in communication technologies might have on human systems. This essay focuses on their potential role for democratic processes, and the responsibilities for professionals in this field. The economic and political forces shaping the uses of these technologies are outlined.
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- Internet Society
- Social Information Processing Model
- Australian Computer Society
- Global Information Society
- Universal Charter
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Geiselhart, K. (1997). Moving towards the millennium: Will information technology take democracy into the 21st century?. In: Berleur, J., Whitehouse, D. (eds) An Ethical Global Information Society. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35327-2_9
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