This course aims to help students understand the power of knowledge and information and to examine the effects of developments in this field on the socio-economic structures of societies. Developments in ICT are rapidly changing the socio-economic structures of societies. Societies' ability to sustain their development in a globalizing world depends on their ability to adapt to these changes. To this end, the course aims to identify global developments and discuss strategies for adaptation.

Information / Access to and use of information / Globalization of information / Change in the mode of production / Socio-Economic interaction / Information society and information economy / New economy and its characteristics / Changes in micro, macro and international economy / intellectual capital / ICT and the Internet / e-commerce / e-government / R&D / innovation / education and human capital and e-commerce