Fw: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press

[Raoul Weiler]

 Dear all,

 Coming back to my note of a few moments ago.

 This decade or at least in the next one, one can expect that
 the different technologies will be merged to one communication
 highway with very few access devices (two or three):
 phone voice via IP, PC and TV merged to one device and
 interactive, wireless will be generally implemented.

 Conceptually, we should look towards such an horizon
 and think about how society will look like.

 Cordially,

 Raoul Weiler





 ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Raoul Weiler" <raoul.weiler at skynet.be>
> To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: <ct at wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press
>
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As to the media and the Information Society, I think that there
> > are some misunderstandings in society today.
> >
> > Radio exists about a century and TV half a century, however
> > both are not the initiators of what we understand today as the
> > emerging Information and Knowledge Society (IKS). Neither the
> > early computers until the mid eighties have directly contributed to
> > emergence of the information society.
> >
> > The emergence of the 'information society' has its origin with
> > network technology including the 'free' protocols, and the
> > client/server technology. These technologies are in nature interactive
> > and allowing exploring information sources (surfing).  In so far
> > the internet and mail systems are very essential and recent in
> > the new information society concept. This are major differences
> > with radio and TV or the so called the 'classical media.'
> >
> > For some purposes classical and new technologies are
> > complementary, especially in education purposes. Radio since
> > long and still is a very important player for transmission of
'educational
> > programs. But this summit, in my view, should deal with the
> > emergence of the information society made possible with the use
> > of new tools.
> >
> > A debate on private/public is not really a topic here. When CS
> > states that 'all knowledge' has to be a public or common good
> > then all other considerations are superfluous, if not contradictory.
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Raoul Weiler
> >
> >
> > ---- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Fullsack Jean-Louis" <jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr>
> > To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> > Cc: <ct at wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press
> >
> >
> > > Hi Karen
> > > I cannot support your statement to the journalist from IPSNews below.
> > > Tell me : do private TVs demonstrate more "editorial independance"
than
> > > public ones ? Is Fox News more independant than the BBC ?
> > > But above all, is privatization of public medias a  "non negociable"
for
> > CS
> > > C&T group ? Who did endorse such a failure ?
> > > There are many members of CS C&T group who won't support such a
> statement
> > > which is contrary to our commitment to public service and public
goods.
> > > Therefore I join Steve Buckley's questions and protest.
> > > Moreover, I ask the C&T group to review seriously this questionable
> > document
> > > entitled "Civil Society Essential Benchmarks for WSIS" as to reflect
our
> > > real and basic concerns. I'm willing to make proposals and
contributions
> > as
> > > I already did before and during PrepCom-3a through different e-mails.
> > > However, neither of the final CS documents (CS Statement and Essential
> > > Benchmarks) bore the slightest trace of them.
> > > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > > CSDPTT
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "karen banks" <karenb at gn.apc.org>
> > > To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:57 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press
> > >
> > >
> > > > hi
> > > >
> > > > another press piece..
> > > >
> > > > karen
> > > >
> > > > COMMUNICATION:
> > > > A Steep Climb to the Information Society Summit
> > > > Gustavo Capdevila
> > > >
> > > > GENEVA, Nov 14 (IPS) - Everyone wants to bridge the information and
> > > > telecommunications divide -- governments, the private sector and
civil
>
> > > > society -- but with less than four weeks to go before the World
Summit
> > on
> > > > the Information Society (WSIS), agreement on how to tackle the issue
> > > > remains elusive....
> > > > http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21121
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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