Social problems of information societies: The US and Japanese experiences

Jerry L. Salvaggio

Telecommunications Policy, 1983, vol. 7, issue 3, 228-242

Abstract: Attention is turning increasingly to the social problems associated with information societies. Most studies conclude that minimizing the side effects (invasion of privacy, information inequity, information control and misuse of information) of information technology is the task of policy makers. By developing models of the US and Japanese information societies, the author argues that no two information societies will be the same since their character will depend on such variables as national ideology, government policy making organizations, information policy, technology, the marketplace, etc.

Keywords: Information; societies; Social; problems; USA; and; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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