Guest editorial
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-05-2020-135 |
| Date | 11 May 2020 |
| Published date | 11 May 2020 |
| Pages | 177-181 |
| Author | Tomayess Issa,Pedro Isaias,Piet Kommers |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information management & governance,Information & communications technology |
Guest editorial
Technology mobility
Currently, technology and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) become a
core, and essential tool in any sector to improve job performanceand productivity as well to
ensure that job is efficient and effective. Using technology and ICT is unlimited to specific
software package or home; however, the shift now changed to the use of numerous and
various software called World Wide Web or “Web”, to enhance and improve
communications, collaboration,cooperation and connection between various stakeholdersto
improve job productivityand performance.
Furthermore, using the Web via vast stakeholders will improve data management,
support availability of Internet mobility, simulate creativity and innovation, encourage
factor of globalization phenomena and enhance customers’satisfaction via communication,
collaboration,cooperation and connection.
The Web is divided into several types such as Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. Web 1.0
refers to connecting informationand shared read-write hypertext space, whereas Web 2.0 is
known as the participative Web, as it allows users to connect via social networking with
more interaction and less control.Web 3.0 refers to connecting intelligence and is known as
semantic Web, in other words, is to identify a Web-based date so that searchescan be more
effective, and the information is part of the network. Web 3.0 is considering the future
website for every sector includingthe business.
This special issue will cover topics in relation to cutting edge information and
knowledge, ethics, e-government services, Web 2.0 including social media and security.
These topics are veryimportant to enhance job performance in both academicinstitutions as
well as companies.
This special issue of Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society
entitled Technology Mobility, comprises seven papers that provide cutting edge
information and knowledge of ethics, ICT knowledge, e-government services, social
media and security. The guest editors invited the first paper, selected papers 2–5from
the IADIS 9th International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2019 and
6th International Conference on Educational Technologies 2019 which was held in
Hong Kong, and included the two last papers, originally submitted to the regular issue,
owing to their adequacy to the topics of this special issue. The papers from the
conferences have been extended significantly and peer-reviewed further to achieve a
final high publication standard.
The first paper is entitled “Contemporary Global Challenges and Ethical Mindsets”
by Theodora Issa and Tomayess Issa. The guest editors invited the authors to present
their work in this special issue, as this paper aims to provide a framework that might be
used to tackle the multifaceted challenges facing humanity, which are increasing in
seriousness and complexity. The Millennium Project (TMP, 2009), had identified such
challenges and over time periods until and including 2050, which pose the question,
how would societies cope with these challenges averting any disastrous results? The
question contemplates the suggested ethical principles, and the three central beliefs of
“end-based”,“rule-based”and “care-based”. In some cases, individuals might not be
blamed to think that “it is only a miracle”that might save humanity. This paper, and
through the use of literature review, intends to provide an insight into these challenges,
the suggested ethical principles and the three central beliefs, providing brief overview
Guest editorial
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Journalof Information,
Communicationand Ethics in
Society
Vol.18 No. 2, 2020
pp. 177-181
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DOI 10.1108/JICES-05-2020-135
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