A Study on the Change of Information Environment and the Formation of Information Power: as well on PRC'' s Information Power

• Main Authors: Chien-Nan Wang, 王建南
• Other Authors: Shih, Cheng-chuan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12358818270607248909

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士班 === 95 === With the spread of the Internet all over the world in 1991, human history stepped into a whole new era, one totally different from the agricultural society and the industrial society. Due to the development of the information technology as well as the popularization of the microcomputer technology, the term “informationization” has been gradually misunderstood as “computerization.” Since the very essential definition of “information” was misinterpreted, it was unlikely for people to correctly realize the influence of “information” upon the society and the states, not to mention to recognize information showed with various ways in our lives. Therefore, by analyzing the changes of the information environment, this study identified “information capability” and “information power” under the concept of “information.” This study discovered that the Internet and the microcomputer technology remarkably affected “information capability” and “information power.” Yet, a lot of cases cannot be evaluated by so called “quantification.” In traditional international politics, while analyzing “national capability,” politics, society, economy, military and culture are the major indexes. With the development of the information society, “information” has become an indispensable factor for the evaluation of national capability. However, except the information technology professionals, it is not easy for political scholars to fully understand what “information technology” is about. In this regard, this study focused on the analysis of the “technology” and distinguished “information capability” from “information power.” This study found out that America’s domination over the information technology and its ability to “make a good impression” are much better than other states. For China, under this circumstance, how to use “information power” as the bargaining chip to engage with American civil enterprises or American Administration is a constructive issue.