Information Society: Opportunities and Threats within Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

دکتر محمدمهدی مظاهری ¹ (ندارد)
داود احمدزاده ² (ندارد)

Received: 2014-09-14 Accepted : 2014-09-14 Published : 2010-03-21

Keywords: Information &amp, Communication Te, Information society, digital gap, Information Worker, Informative Infrastructure,

Abstract :

This article aims to study the development of information and communicationtechnology (ICT) and it's social and cultural background in Iran, then analyzes thestructural impediments of ICT and finally presents some recommendations to improvethe future of planning in this field.Information society is depending on variety of activities which are connecteddirectly with the generating and cycling of information. The different definitions ofInformation society by Daniel Bel Marin and other theorist being discussed here thisarticle contains four sections: In the first section; the development of informationtechnology and main approaches about Information Society being discussed.Additionally, we have a historical and analytical look at the main issues and events ofICT in the world.In the second sections; we discuss the technology problems of information andcommunication in the third world, digital gap between North and South, and importantcriteria of development in Information Society.Third section of the article deals with the background of this concept in Iran andits problems and limits. Finally in the conclusion the author give somerecommendations to solve the problems of Information Society through scientificmethods.