Information in society Xiangming Mu

Information society –from the economic, occupational, spatial/temporal, technological, and governmental perspectives Benefits? Side effects?

Information as a commodity Information and information products Not depleted by use Nonrival/sharing Costs/price/value Public/private information

Information control Institutions –Governments and nongovernmental organizations –Information control and power –Information control across countries –Information control for politics –Information control in media People’s rights to access information

Information policy Related to generation and production of information –Copyright in digital world (i.e., watermarks) –Mp3, video streaming… Related to dissemination of and access to information –False or misleading –Imperil or slanderous –Obscene or personal Related to distribution of information –Fair use (i.e., privacy issues)

Information Ethics Moral, ethical, and legal systems Differences in cultures. Swastika Symbol