Global Networking, Communication and Culture: Conflict or Convergence?

Part I. Preparation of the Topic

1. Introduction
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2. Fundamentals
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3. State of Affairs
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Part II. Empirical Analyses of the Global Spread ofICT

4. Global Networking: Relation to Economic Performance and Education Level
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5. Global Networking and Worldview
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Part III. Power Issues and Reflections on Possible Future Developments

6. Global Networking, Power and Control Issues
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7. The Global Superorganism as an Intelligent Human-Technology System
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8. Convergence Towards a Global Culture?
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9. Closing Remarks
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Avainsanat: Engineering, Computational Intelligence, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Globalization, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)