If we look at social or cultural relations we can define the information society as a society where people from all ages and all social ranks have got equal opportunities to get information. All information is available for everybody. Internet is a channel for international mass-communication with an endless numbers of messages and receivers.
But… There is a but…
Access or not access to the information net can also create a digital divide in the community, as well global as national. Whether you have access to knowledge and culture is important for your social title and your opportunities for exploring things. Our government has been aware of this danger and in December 2006 the department for administration published notification nr 17 called “An information society for everybody”. This notification is mainly about how to get all inhabitants digital included.
It’s good to see that the government shows their understanding for the informatio
n society we live in through this notification. Still I think we have a long way to go before everybody can participate in the information society. Statistics Norway tells us how far we have come. 88% of Norwegian households got computers and 86% got internet access in 2009.
An interesting question following to this is how we use our computers and internet access. Do we only participate in social networks or do we use our internet connection to communicate with the authorities? According to Statistics Norway 81% of the internet users connect the public authorities through their internet. This tells us that there is still a long way to go before we have got “An information society for everybody”. You can read more about this and other kind of topics associated to ICT and internet at Statistics Norway
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