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‘Information Society’ and Mankind: A Critical Appraisal of the European Union’s Policy Papers

‘Enformasyon Toplumu' ve İnsan: Avrupa Birliği Politika Belgelerinin Eleştirel Bir Değerlendirmesi

Hakan YÜKSEL
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37–71
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The main assumption of the article is that infor- mation society discourse, with its ideological significations, is orienting people to think and to act in a certain way and this is extremely important in order to understand sus- tainability of capitalism in contemporary conditions.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Union’s Policy Papers Abstract: The growing importance of information is one of the main features of the re- structuring process that has begun of the crisis of capitalism in the 1970s.
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Key Findings & Data:Therefore, some scholars argue for the birth of information society, where wealth is created by processing information that unlike the industrial societies, is the main source of wealth.
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Conclusion & Impact:The main assumption of the article is that infor- mation society discourse, with its ideological significations, is orienting people to think and to act in a certain way and this is extremely important in order to understand sus- tainability of capitalism in contemporary conditions.
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Abstract

Union’s Policy Papers Abstract: The growing importance of information is one of the main features of the re- structuring process that has begun of the crisis of capitalism in the 1970s. Therefore, some scholars argue for the birth of information society, where wealth is created by processing information that unlike the industrial societies, is the main source of wealth. However, it is also emphasized that such conceptualization of social transformation un- derpins a discourse distorting the social reality in favor of capital and effecting strongly political processes. In this article, information society discourse will be explored in its manifestations on EU policy papers. The main assumption of the article is that infor- mation society discourse, with its ideological significations, is orienting people to think and to act in a certain way and this is extremely important in order to understand sus- tainability of capitalism in contemporary conditions.

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Özet: Kapitalizmin 1970’lerdeki krizinin ardından başlayan yeniden yapılandırma sü- recinin önemli ayaklarından biri enformasyon işlemenin toplumsal planda çok daha el- zem olmasıdır. Kimi kuramcılar bu nedenle sanayi toplumlarından farklı olarak zengin- liğin enformasyon işlenerek yaratıldığı enformasyon toplumunun doğduğunu öne sürer- ler. Toplumsal dönüşümün böylece enformasyon toplumunun doğuşu şeklinde kavram- sallaştırılmasının toplumsal gerçekliği sermayenin çıkarları doğrultusunda büken bir söyleme dayanak oluşturduğu eleştirisi getirilir ve söylemin politika süreçlerindeki et- kinliği vurgulanır. Bu çalışmada enformasyon toplumu söylemi AB politika belgelerine yansıdığı hâliyle irdelenecektir. Çalışmanın temel varsayımı enformasyon söyleminin ideoloji yüklü anlamlarla insanları belli yönde düşünmeye ve davranmaya ittiği ve bu- nun güncel koşullarda kapitalizmin sürdürülebilirliğini anlamak açısından büyük önem arz ettiğidir.

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YÜKSEL, H. (2015). ‘Information Society’ and Mankind: A Critical Appraisal of the European Union’s Policy Papers. Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt: 48 - Sayı: 2, 37–71. https://ajindex.com/articles/149035

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