Information society and its manifestations : economy, politics, culture

The book provides a compilation of idiosyncratic manifestations of information society in techno-economic, political and cultural spheres. The contributors focus on the increasing complexity within information societies. To manage this complexity, societies develop constantly evolving context-specific modes of meta-governance. The contributions allow a better understanding of well-known conceptualizations and definitions of information society and related concepts such as post-industrial society, post-modernity, as well as network society, and knowledge society. Cover Table of Contents Preface Perspectives of Information Society: Bricolage of Manifestations (Borut Rončević / Matevž Tomšič) Information Resources in Upgrading Organizational Rationality (Nikolai Genov) Embeddedness in the Information Economy: Opportunities and Constraints Path-creation in the Information Society (Borut Rončević / Urška Fric) Intellectual Property Rights in the Information Sector: Sociological Perspective (Dolores Modic) Industrial Symbiotic Networks in the Information Society: Research Challenges and Perspectives (Erika Džajić Uršič / Borut Rončević) Networking of Business Elite in the Information Society: The Case of Interlocking Directorates (Lea Prijon) How to Benefit from Cross-Media Synergies in the Information Society (Jana Suklan / Vesna Žabkar) Politics: Old Challenges, New Perspectives E-Participation, E-democracy and Political Engagement of the Citizenry in Central and Eastern Europe (Matevž Tomšič / Petra Kleindienst) Trust and Participation in the Information Society: New and Traditional Information Sources (Victor Cepoi) Experts and the Macro Level Decision-making in the Information Society (Matej Makarovič / Mateja Rek) Crisis Mapping for More Inclusive Humanitarian Information Management in the ICT Era (Janja Mikulan Kildi) Changing Culture Dynamics: Identities Knowledge and the Power of Networks Instrumental Identities and Information Society – Deploying the Issue of Social Fields (Tea Golob) Cognitive Processes and Information Technology in Education (Jana Krivec) Knowledge Dynamics in a State of Emergency: A Case Study (Jernej Agrež / Nadja Damij) Facebook as an Indicator of Vitality of Slovenian Minority and Diaspora Communities (with Emphasis on Young Population) (Dejan Valentinčič)