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 What is the nature of information technology
revolution?
 How different is it from agricultural/industrial
revolution?
 What does globalization have to do with the
nature of the information technology
revolution?
 Nature of IT Revolution  converging set of
technologies in microelectronics, computing
(machines and software),
telecommunications/broadcasting, and
optoelectronics. (Mulgan, 1991)
 Lessons from Industrial Revolution
 Historical Sequences of IT Revolution
 Information Technology Paradigm (5 main
characteristics)
 IT revolution  pervasiveness  not
exogenous information, but as the fabric in
all human activities
 Technology to act on information
 Immediate application  knowledge
generation/communication device,
cumulative feedback loop between
innovation and the uses of innovation
 Technology innovation isn’t as isolated
instances (Mokyr, 1990)
 Use network logic, flexible, and highly
integrated system
 Sustainability  Green IT
 Sustainability in
the Information Society
recycle, repair, re-use, upgrade
 Bell, Daniel. 1976. The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
 Castells, Manuel. 1996. “The Information Technology
Revolution”,dalam The Rise of Network Society. Oxford:
Blackwell Publisher. hal 29-65
 Negroponte, Nicholas. 1995. The Digital Absence of
Localism
 Green IT Roadmap.
http://www.greenit.net/products_greenitroadmap.html.
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 Peter, Martina. 2002. Information Technology-the key to
Sustainability. Empa Academy Science Forum, dalam
www.empa.ch. Diakses tanggal 27 September 2010
 Why Green IT? http://www.greenit.net/whygreenit.html.
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