Smart Revolution Towards the Sustainable Digital Society

Description:

The objective of this book is to present a comprehensive evaluation of the smart revolution, including its social and economic impacts. It proposes a modern framework to help assess how recent Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can contribute to societies as a whole. The authors offer a guide to how advanced network technologies have led to a greater variety of applications and social networking services. These allow people to connect with each other both at a more personal and global level, and will ultimately herald a new era of ICTs that will shape the 'digital society'. This essential resource will appeal to academics, government officials and practitioners in telecommunications and media -- Book jacket.

subjects: Digital media,  Digital communications,  Information society,  Information technology,  Social aspects,  Telecommunication,  Economic aspects,  Informationsgesellschaft,  Informationstechnik,  Sozioökonomischer Wandel,  Nachhaltige Entwicklung,  Wissensgesellschaft