THE EMERGING INFORMATION SOCIETY: A POLITICAL CHALLENGE, Orhan GÜVENEN

Abstract

Over the past few decades, the world has experienced an exponential proliferation of information. Thus, this era has been appropriately termed the 'Information Age' and has been likened in significance to the Industrial Revolution because of its impact on the entire modus operandi of the global system.

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