"Knowledge economy and Information society" course seminar 1 2008

1. Ian Miles – Manchester Institute of Innovation Research MBS - University of Manchester Ian.Miles@mbs.ac.uk Knowledge Economy and Information Society

2. Course material should be available on webct – but in the meantime go to http://www.freewebs.com/mioir/keisintro.htm

4. What do we mean? Why should we care? Knowledge Economy and Information Society

7. Are terms like Knowledge “Economy” and “Information Society” useful? For what? Views vary ... All sound and fury - not really much serious change A lot of action, but no strong common themes, no central axis for a new social formation A lot of action, but the ground-rules stay the same A lot of change, some fundamentals are shifting A lot of change, shaking the foundations of institutional structures Immense change in the nature of societies – value creation, equality, power, leadership, etc…

9. 3 types of discourse Policy and Politics – especially OECD, EU Business and management Social science The result is that meanings and discourses are fluid, subject to fashion, sectional interest Journalists, other media

10. Googling Is this really scientific? If not, how could it be made more so? What else could “IS” refer to? What do we know of the methodology? These were 2007 results: in 2008 they became 4.5m and 116k 71,000 20,200,000 "Information Society" Google Scholar Google

11. Googling Is this really scientific? If not, how could it be made more so? What else could “IS” refer to? What do we know of the methodology? 40,300 1,080,000 “ Knowledge economy” Google Scholar Google

12. Google Google Scholar on IS, KE and related terms Information Society  Google scholar Google 

13. Google Google Scholar on IS, KE and related terms Information Society  Google scholar Google 

14. Googles 2 Looking at how frequently terms are associated together – e.g. “IS” + “IT”* *but note that terms are variable – e.g. IT = ICT ~ New Tech  Google hits

15. Googles 2 Proceeding with  Google hits

29. Porat’s Picture 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 4 sector aggregation of US workforce Info Serv Mfg Agr Agricultural  Industrial  Information

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41. Information Maps (Harvard, Houghton) Comm Info services services Info and comm Info equipment products SERVICES (Immaterial Products) PRODUCTS (Material Goods) FORM / CONDUIT SUBSTANCE/ CONTENT

42. Houghton Information Map Post, courier Legal, accounting Paper, filing cabinets Business forms Magazines, books BASIC TELEPHONY CALL TELEPHONY SERVICES BCS & TRANSMISSION LEASED LINE & PSDN SERVICES LINE. TRANSMISSION & BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT SWITCH, LAN, WAN, DATA EQUIPMENT TERMINAL & PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE NETWORK SOFTWARE NETWORKED CONTENT PACKAGED SOFTWARE NETWORKS & SERVICES HIGHER LEVEL NETWORK SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPUTER, COMMS & SOFTWARE SERVICES SERVICES (Immaterial Products) PRODUCTS (Material Goods) FORM / CONDUIT SUBSTANCE/ CONTENT