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2. The access to information by thegreat public should be quantitativelygreater and qualitatively superior.The public should choose withcriterion, it should know and exercisethe information rights and the rightsto freedom of expression togetherwith the exercise of the civicresponsibilities and for having accessto education and culture.3. The development of theinfrastructures of one sector ofinformation: telecommunicationnetworks, education centers,consultancies, free and public centersof access, computers, modem, printer,scanner, information goods providingenterprises, etc.THE FIVE TASKS IN THE INFORMATIONSOCIETY:The spinal column of information isdevelopments and they should have anadded value and should be a truecontribution to the information society; forthat, it is necessary that persons and groupsinvolved in this sector fulfil some of thesefive tasks or all of them. We will call themASOSS:-Acquisition of information.-Selection,-Organization,-Storage,-Spreading.FIVE ETHICAL CRITERIA ONONFORMATION:The whole process and the internal dynamicsof an information and communication societyis summarized in the tension between thesefive dialectic pairs:1. Between transparency and safety.2. Between veracity and respect todignity3. Between freedom and responsibility.4. Between denounce and proposal(proactive information)5. Between justice and peace.NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE LIMITS TO THEINFORMATION SOCIETY:1. The excessive secrecy culture.2. The obstacles to the access toinformation: there is an emergence ofthe division of societies: between theones that have access to informationand are capable to use it and the oneswho don’t have access and/or are notqualified to use information.3. Information and journalistic illiteracy.4. The isolation of information. The roadsto information are closed. Information iscensured. The access to Internet isdenied.5. The manipulation of information. Only apart of the truth is said. The informationis ideologically selected. Only theconvenient aspects are emphasized andthe non convenient ones are avoid.6. The State monopoly over the officialmeans of information andcommunication.7. Due to the great amount of informationthere could be a handicap: not to haveadvice for the search, processing andapplication of such information.8. The need for a global and free of chargeservice of information: personal andvirtual information and advice. Lack ofInformation Consultancies.However, there are positive limits to theinformation society too. Such limits are freelyand consciously accepted as an expression ofthe very responsibilities of citizens:. The right to privacy and image.. The fair legal instruments for the use and theevaluation of Media by the citizens.. The minimum and enough requirements forthe request of information.. The State secrets.. The copyright.. The right to rectification and reply.. The right to criticism and previous censure incase information or Media harm the person orthe society.. In the electoral debates: the right to the sameaccess to information and spreading in time,quality and range..The rights of prisoners, arrested personas andtheir relatives to information or to theprotection of the Media.Ediciones ConvivenciaPinar del Río. 201295