Is Bulgaria an Information Society

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[pic] Is bulgaria an equitable information society? academic essay Advanced Theoretical Debates: New Media and Society Master of Science in Communication Studies YANA HRABROVA NATOVA Abstract: In this essay I would attempt to describe the historical evolution and spread of the e-society in Bulgaria. I would further try to give explanation of the reasons behind the slow tempt of development of the information society in Bulgaria and support my claim through statistics and theories which apply both to Bulgaria in specific and to the universal type of information society. For the purposes of my essay I would follow the historical development of Bulgaria starting from the period before 1989 and finishing with the situation of today. To further explain why Bulgaria is not an equitable information society per se I would rely both on data and on social and economic context. The information society is a result of a societal evolution based on three main stages. Starting with the first industrial revolution in the late 18th century which was characterized by the birth of new technologies such as the steam engine, the spinning machine, metallurgical process on the court and in the broader replacement of hand tools with machinery; going through the second industrial revolution from the late 19th century which included the development of electricity, the internal combustion engine, artificial chemicals, effective casting process of steel and the start of communication technology which heralded the spread of the telegraph and the invention of the telephone; we reach the late 20th century which carries the largest and most pervasive technological revolution in the history of mankind and information: the arrival of the Internet. Which resulted in a fundamental restructuring of
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