roundtable: Journal that can serve as a forum for analysis of NII issues

roundtable: Journal that can serve as a forum for analysis of NII issues

Journal that can serve as a forum for analysis of NII issues

Rob Kling (kling@ics.uci.edu)
Wed, 22 Feb 1995 22:13:15 -0800 

To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Journal that can serve as a forum for analysis of NII issues 
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 22:13:15 -0800
From: Rob Kling <kling@ics.uci.edu>
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Hi ....

I've just become Editor in Chief of the Information Society ... a 
journal which has served as a forum for aricles about information 
technology and social change. I expect that the journal will become 
much more visible in the next yar, and I'm looking for new 
contributions, as well as for people who may wish to organize a 
debate or edit a special issue.

I'm interested in your ideas for making this journal a lively forum
for discussing the politics of NII, among other issues.

Best wishes,

Rob Kling
UC-Irvine
<kling@ics.uci.edu>
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                           CALL FOR PAPERS -- 
              The Information Society (a Quarterly Journal)

This posting contains:

Information and Call for Papers for "The Information Society"  
     journal, published quarterly by Taylor & Francis 
Titles of articles published in Vol. 8 (1992) and Vol. 9 (1993)
Subscription Form

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          THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
          An International Journal

   An "information revolution" is clearly underway.  The
exponential growth in computational capability per unit dollar will
continue at least for the next several decades.  Communication
bandwidth is undergoing simultaneous exponential growth. 
Connectivity among individuals, companies and nations is forming
what some are calling  cyberspace and virtual communities and
new forums and formats for electronic publishing, communication
and commerce. These combined trends are leading us into an
Information Society in which wealth, power and freedom of action
derive from access to, and effective use of, information. 

   "The Information Society" journal, published since 1981, is a
forum for thoughtful analysis of the impacts, policies, system
concepts,  methodologies and cultural change related to these
trends.  It is a refereed journal that publishes scholarly articles,
position papers, short communications and book reviews.

   "The Information Society" is a multidisciplinary journal whose
audience includes policy- and decision-makers and scientists in
government, industry and education; managers concerned with the
effects of the information revolution on individuals, organizations
and society; and scholars with an interest in issues regarding the
Information Society.

The Information Society is undergoing a transition under the
leadership of its new Editor-in-Chief, Rob Kling. The journal's
new editorial board will be experimenting with new electronic and
paper formats.  Rob Kling is soliciting individual articles and
proposals from people who wish to organize and edit special
issues.

Among the topics addressed within the journal are:

 *   changing National Information Infrastructures, especially as
     they influence cultural expectations and social practices,

*    the politics of change in National Information
     Infrastrustures, 

 *   the implications of the coming surge in electronic data
     interchange (EDI) and electronic commerce among
     businesses globally,

 *   the ability of companies to "outsource" portions of their
     information processing to different countries around the
     world, creating transborder data flow issues for the countries
     involved and increasing the rapidity with which jobs migrate
     globally, 

 *   meanings and implications of  political/economic systems
     that are based on universal access to baseline information
     services or fees-for-all-services,

 *   options for, and implications of, various forms of "electronic
     democracy",

 *   the rise of "virtual communities" of persons worldwide
     engaging in "many-to-many" communication among their
     participants, irrespective of borders or corporate structures,

*    the role of place and space in visions and practice of digital
     libraries and  electronic forums,

*    cultural changes in relation to cyberspace -- both empirical
     studies and studies of their representation in popular
     culture,

*    the structure of the information industries, including
     markets, industrial alliances, the character of work, and
     management-labor relations.


Articles published in Vol. 8 (1992) and Vol. 9 (1993) include:

Bankes, S., Builder, C.  Seizing the moment: harnessing the
     information technologies. 8(1), 1992.

Chartrand, R.L.  Dreams and realities: the international
     dimension of the  1991 white house conference on library and
     information services. 8(2),  1992. (summary of conference
     proceedings, with brief articles by  Bearman, T.C., Duncan,
     J.W., Rowe, G.R., Young, E.L., Bleakley, K.W.,  Kroloff,
     G.M., Ganley, O.H., Horton, F.W.)

Forester, T.  Megatrends or megamistakes: what ever happened to
     the  information society?. 8(3), 1992.

Parker, E.B.  Developing third world telecommunications markets.
     8(3),  1992.

Swatman, P.M.C., Swatman, P.A.  EDI system integration: a
     definition and  literature survey. 8(3), 1992.

Markus, M.L., Bikson, T.K., El-Shinnawy, M., Soe, L.L. 
     Fragments of your  communication: email, vmail, and fax.
     8(4), 1992.

Boon, J.A.  Information and development: some reasons for
     failures. 8(4),  1992.

Ronfeldt, D. Cyberocracy is coming. 8(4), 1992.

Ciborra, C.U.  From thinking to tinkering: the grassroots of
     strategic  information systems. 8(4), 1992.

Foegen, J.H. From Cobol to diction. 8(4), 1992.

Kling, R., Dunlop, C.  Controversies about computerization and
     the  character of white collar worklife. 9(1), 1993.

Calantone, R.J., Holsapple, C.W., Johnson, L.E.  Communication
     and communication support: an agenda for investigation.
     9(1), 1993. 

Schoonmaker, S.  Trading on-line: information flows in advanced 
     capitalism. 9(1), 1993.

Arthur, C.  Zen and the art of ignoring information. 9(1), 1993. 

Mankin, D.  Review of Peter G.W. Keen, "Shaping the future:
     business  design through information technology". 9(1), 1993.

Kling, R.  Organizational analysis in computer science. 9(2), 1993. 

Bikson, T.K., Law, S.A.  Electronic mail use at the World Bank:
     messages  from users. 9(2), 1993.

Bikson, T.K., Law, S.A.  Electronic information media and records 
     management methods: a survey of practices in United
     Nations  organizations. 9(2), 1993.

Martin, W.J., McKeown, S.F.  The potential of information and 
     telecommunications technologies for rural development. 9(2),
     1993. 

Lincoln, T.L., Essin, D.J., Ware, W.H.  The electronic medical
     record: a challenge for computer science to develop clinically
     and socially  relevant computer systems to coordinate
     information for patient care  and analysis. 9(2), 1993.

Kling, R., Covi, L.  Review of Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler
     "Connections: New ways of working in the networked
     organization". 9(2), 1993. 

Ware, W.  The New Faces of Privacy.  9(3), 1993.

Soe, L.L., Markus, M.L.  Technological or social utility? 
     Unraveling explanations of email, vmail, and fax use.  9(3),
     1993. 

Orlikowski, W.J.  Learning from Notes: organizational issues in 
     groupware implementation.  9(3), 1993.

Katz, J.E. and Hyman, M.H.  Dimensions of concern over telecom
     privacy  in the United States.  9(3), 1993.

Chen, Z.  Intelligence and discovery in an information society: an
     essay  in memory of Derek de Solla Price.  9(3), 1993.

Allen, J.P.  Review of "Microcomputers in african development:
     critical perspectives".  9(3), 1993.


Manuscripts should be sent in triplicate (or electronically by
Internet) to the editor-in-chief.  For manuscript format details,
contact the editor or see the inside back cover of an issue of the
journal.

Editor-in-chief:
     Professor Rob Kling 
     Center for Research on
          Information Technology and Oganizations
     320 Berkeley Place
     University of California, Irvine
     Irvine, Ca 92717-
     tel: (714) 824-5160 fax: (714)824-8096?
     email - internet: kling@ics.uci.edu     
     http://www.ics.uci.edu/dir/faculty/CORPS/kling
                                

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