Date:Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:46:12 -0400
From: Daniel PIMIENTA <[email protected]>

SHAPING THE NETWORK SOCIETY The Future of the Public Sphere in Cyberspace

A Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Symposium

[ First Announcement ]

http://www.scn.org/cpsr/diac-00

University May 20 - May 23, 2000, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm of Washington HUB Seattle, Washington, USA

Cultural Policy and the Arts Understanding the Network Society Bridging the Digital Divides Activism Old and New Public Cyberspaces Networking the Networks Crossing Borders Localism / Globalism Strengthening the Civic Sector Strategies for the Network Society Multimedia and Interactive Events Sociology of Cyberspace

Cyberspace is likely to become the dominant medium through which people create and share information and ideas in the future. How these conversations about the environment, culture, leisure, and political decisions, are conducted is everybody's business.

What directions and implications does cyberspace foretell for community, democracy, education and culture?

Is e-commerce ALL there is?!?