Social Conflict, Security and Peace Building in the Information Communication Age

• Autorzy: Igwe Dickson Ogbonnaya

Warianty tytułu

Konflikt społeczny, bezpieczeństwo i budowanie pokoju w wieku teleinformatycznym

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article is an opinion paper that critically utilised content analysis of secondary data to arrive at its conclusions and inferences. It is not an empirical research paper. It takes a look at the existing synergy within media, peace building, conflict management systems (CMS), and security. Using the insight from the realist theory of international relations and offense/defence theory, it advocates active involvement of information communication technology (ICT) to preach confidence and peace. It questions CMS without media involvement, with the understanding that information system management (ISM) can either increase or decrease conflict eruption. The paper analysed ICT and how it affect security gadgets and real human security. It also considered ICT as a driver of social conflict and security. The paper saw effective peace building as a product of proactive ICT. (original abstract)

Artykuł przedstawia osobisty punkt widzenia autora i w żadnym wypadku nie ma charakteru badania empirycznego. Analiza danych wtórnych posłużyła do sformułowania wniosków. Celem pracy jest przedstawienie efektu istniejącej synergii mediów, budowania pokoju, systemu zarządzania konfliktem (CMS) oraz bezpieczeństwa. Autor, posiłkując się teorią realizmu, zachęca do aktywnego zaangażowania technologii teleinformatycznych w propagowaniu pokoju i zaufania. Podaje w wątpliwość skuteczność CMS w momencie, kiedy system zarządzania konfliktem nie ma wsparcia za strony mediów. W takiej sytuacji zarządzanie systemem informacji może doprowadzić do nasilenia lub osłabienia konfliktu. W pracy przeanalizowano założenia teleinformatyki (ICT) i to, jak wpływa ona na funkcjonalność narzędzi zabezpieczeń i prawdziwe bezpieczeństwo ludzi. Autor rozpatruje również ICT jako czynnik wpływający na konflikt społeczny i bezpieczeństwo oraz dostrzega rolę ICT w skutecznym budowaniu pokoju. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Social conflicts; Conflict situations; Conflict theory; Solving conflicts; Media; Security; Information and communication technologies; Conflict management

PL

Konflikty społeczne; Sytuacje konfliktowe; Teoria konfliktów; Rozwiązywanie konfliktów; Media; Bezpieczeństwo; Technologie teleinformatyczne; Zarządzanie konfliktami

• Czasopismo: Chorzowskie Studia Polityczne
• Rocznik: 2013
• Numer: nr 6 Świat na początku XXI wieku : szanse, wyzwania i zagrożenia = World at the beginning of the XXI century : opportunities, challenges and threats
• Strony: 247--260

Twórcy

autor

Igwe Dickson Ogbonnaya

• National Open University of Nigeria

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