In Search for Unity within the Diversity of Information Societies

Abstract

This final Chapter represents the responsibility, the privilege but also the aspiration of the two editors of this Gunilla Bradley Festschrift. The aspiration here is no less than to identify a key message that emerges out of the contributions in this volume considered as a whole. In other words, the question here is: what do all this research and reasoning say to us? Of course, each reader of this Volume will derive her or his own interpretation and thus also a key message, which we only see as the richness offered by this Festschrift. Therefore, the key message presented here must be regarded only as one possible message that is formed by the two editors’ own predispositions: intellectual, cultural, motivational, and other.

Bibliometric Analysis: Analysis of Government Social Media Innovations from 2012 to 2023

“…Simply put, the definition of social media is online media that supports social interaction using web-based technology that makes dialogue interactive [18] Social media is said to be superior because it knows no boundaries and can be easily accessed at any time so that people can easily take advantage of it [16]. Simply put, social media as a new medium is able to provide a variety of various communication technology devices supported by a widely available digitization process for its users as a communication medium [19].…”

E-maintenance research: a multifaceted perspective

“…This emphasizes the role of data and information in e-maintenance. Haftor et al (2011) asserted that ICT has no value in itself; rather its benefit comes from the way in which it handles information logistics to create value chain. Within the same vein, quality of data and information has to be measured and managed throughout their journey within e-maintenance system; data acquisition, data processing, data aggregation, data analysis, data visualization, and context-sensing (Aljumaili et al, 2012).…”

Information Inadequacy: The Lack of Needed Information in Human, Social and Industrial Affairs

“…The information society that developed through the information revolution seems to have no safeguards [17]. It concerns information that offers to human beings "new and unparalleled opportunities to create novel social networks, new cultural configurations with innovative ideas, commitments and aspirations, and also new political structures" [17]. Apart from this, the information revolution implies reshaping the material basis of the information society [16].…”

“…In practical terms, scholars call for joint efforts to try to resolve the dark side of the information revolution [6], mainly represented by information overflow, which is affected by electronic information that negatively affects productivity and creativity [5]. The information society that developed through the information revolution seems to have no safeguards [17]. It concerns information that offers to human beings "new and unparalleled opportunities to create novel social networks, new cultural configurations with innovative ideas, commitments and aspirations, and also new political structures" [17].…”