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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

By Liu Li<br />

IT Industry and Communication in Modern Civilization<br />

It is a creative and novel design to combine the discussion over IT industry and that<br />

<strong>of</strong> communication study into one integrated sub-group for IT industry is not only<br />

affecting our way <strong>of</strong> daily communication but also our way <strong>of</strong> thinking and value<br />

system in a larger sense.<br />

More than 20 scholars from either computer science area or communication study<br />

attended this sub-group discussion. Their topics range from new Internet cloud and<br />

e-community to new information management. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Jonathan Zhu from City<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong shared with us his latest research over digital divide. Back<br />

to the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> this theory, Zhu introduced not only the first two definition <strong>of</strong><br />

digital divide but also three latest developments in the area including media domain,<br />

perceived media needs and operational measures. Other discussions varied from<br />

culture industry management to changes <strong>of</strong> human behavior in relation to Internet<br />

dependence.<br />

Notebooks and on-line resources stated in various PowerPoints illustrated the most<br />

evident feature <strong>of</strong> discussion in IT industry and communication studies in opposition<br />

to other sessions. Here gathers maybe the youngest yet most vigorously developed<br />

academic domain: simply because it direct interact with our daily life.<br />

Edited By : LIu Li<br />

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