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Measuring information society – addressing key issues and constraints
Measuring information society – addressing key issues and constraints

Author(s): Ewa Ziemba, Rafał Żelazny
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: information society; measurement of information society; ICT; ICT Development Index; Networked Readiness Index; GDP; Poland

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the measurement of information society. The aim of this paper is twofold. The first objective is to present a coherent picture of measurement methods for information society. The second aim of the paper is to show measurement findings of information society in selected countries – especially Poland. First, the paper presents available methods of information society measurement and a core set of internationally agreed information society indicators. Second, the measurement of information society was performed with the application of three methods – measuring the influence of ICT on GDP, measuring the ICT Development Index and measuring the Networked Readiness Index. Finally, a discussion was undertaken in order to establish a framework for the development of information society’s quantitative measurement methods.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 170-193
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English