An Index to Measure the Sustainable Information Society: The Polish Households Case

Sustainability

Jarosław Jankowski¹  Artur Karczmarczyk¹  Jarosław Wątróbski²  Ewa Ziemba³ 

[1] Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, ul. Żołnierska 49, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland;Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland;Faculty of Finance and Insurance, University of Economics in Katowice, 40-287 Katowice, Poland;

关键词: sustainability;    information society;    households;    sustainable development;    MCDA;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su10093223

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Since the 1960s, a turning point for civilization related to the increasing role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in creating the modern society can be observed. The sustainable information society (SIS) entails a new phase of information society development, in which the ICT adoption by the society stakeholders is the key enabler of sustainability. One of the most important issues in the debate about the SIS is the means to measure it. In this paper, a methodological framework for creating SIS evaluation indexes is presented. In practical terms, an exemplary adjustable index for evaluating SIS in households is created based on the presented approach. During the empirical research, the presented index is used to evaluate SIS in Polish households. The study showed the usefulness of the proposed approach and confirmed the fact that it can be used to build other SIS indices.

【 授权许可】

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