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Author's Note.....................................................4 INTRODUCTION: INFORMATION - GOOD OR..........................9 1. SOCIETY AND INFORMATION..................................13 1.1 The Global Society and Development Concepts of Social Systems......... 15 1.2 Sociology of the Information Society...........................21 1.3 Information: What Is It?......................................26 1.4 Public Consciousness and Information..........................34 2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES................................45 2.1 Information Systems: Then and Now...........................47 2.2 Information Gathering Systems: Technology or Sociology?..........54 2.3 The Internet: A Breakthrough in Information Technology or Information Dustbin?.........59 2.4 Information and Data: Languages and Technologies...............66 2.5 Interfaces. A Thing in Itself or a Thing for Us?....................74 2.6 Concepts of Intelligent Systems..........85 2.7 Neuroinformation Systems...................................100 2.8 Geoinformation Systems..........111 3. INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR REACH........123 3.1 New Education Opportunities: Shaping Public Consciousness.......125 3.2 Health Care in the Information Age.............................139 3.3 Information Technology and Cultural Heritage....................152 3.4 Information for Business and Information Business................159 3.5 Public Governance: The Synthesis of Information Approaches.......181 3.6 Economy and Information....................................189 3.7 Geonational Peculiarities of Dissemination and Influence of Information........203 4. INFORMATION SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES..............213 4.1 The World We Live In........................................215 4.2 Democracy: The History and Modern Day.......................219 4.3 Implications for Individual Life.................................226 4.4 The State in the Modern World.................231 5. MAN AND INFORMATION......................................241 5.1 Perception of Information: Cultural and Educational Standards......243 5.2 Information Load and Human Psyche...........................247 5.3 Information: A Way to Human Association or Dissociation?..........252 5.4 Human Rights and Responsibilities in the Information Society.......26 1 SUMMARY. Contradictions in the Information Society: Antagonism or an Incentive to Development?.............265 GLOSSARY.............................................269 ABBREVIATIONS AND SMILICKS........................285 |