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Transformations) TRANSFORMACJE (TRANSFORMATIONS) Transformacje (Transformations) is an interdisciplinary refereed, reviewed journal, published since 1992. The journal is devoted to i.a.: civilizational and cultural transformations, information (knowledge) societies, global problematique, sustainable development, political philosophy and values, future studies. The journal's quasi-paradigm is TRANSFORMATION - as a present stage and form of development of technology, society, culture, civilization, values, mindsets etc. Impacts and potentialities of change and transition need new methodological tools, new visions and innovation for theoretical and practical capacity-building. The journal aims to promote inter-, multi- and transdisci- plinary approach, future orientation and strategic and global thinking. Transformacje (Transformations) are internationally available – since 2012 we have a licence agrement with the global database: EBSCO Publishing (Ipswich, MA, USA) We are listed by INDEX COPERNICUS since 2013 I TRANSFORMACJE(TRANSFORMATIONS) 3-4 (78-79) 2013 ISSN 1230-0292 Reviewed journal Published twice a year (double issues) in Polish and English (separate papers) Editorial Staff: Prof. Lech W. ZACHER, Center of Impact Assessment Studies and Forecasting, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland ([email protected]) – Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dora MARINOVA, Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia ([email protected]) – Deputy Editor-in-Chief Prof. Tadeusz MICZKA, Institute of Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland ([email protected]) – Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG, School of Law, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland ([email protected]) – Coordinator Dr Alina BETLEJ, Institute of Sociology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Dr Mirosław GEISE, Institute of Political Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland (also statistical editor) Prof. Gavin RAE, Department of Social Sciences, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland (also English language editor) Dr Magdalena RZADKOWOLSKA, Chair of Library and Information Science, Uni- versity of Lodz, Łódź, Poland Prof. Sangeeta SHARMA, Dept. of Public Administration, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India Prof. Ryszard ZIĘBA, The Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland Prof. Urszula ŻYDEK-BEDNARCZUK, Faculty of Philology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland (also Polish language editor) II Publisher : Educational Foundation "Transformations" Al. Jana Pawła II 80-80, 00-175 Warsaw, Poland Tel./fax. +48 22 4038411, e-mail: [email protected] and Kozminski University, Center of Impact Assessment Studies and Forecasting, e-mail: [email protected] WWW: www.transformacje.kozminski.edu.pl www.ciasf.kozminski.edu.pl Attention: Kindly send the papers to: [email protected] Cover: Tomasz Patryn Webmaster: Janusz Janczyk © 2013 TRANSFORMACJE Printed in 2013 Printed in the European Union. Subscription Annual subcription rate: - 40 euro (for individuals), - 75 euro (for institutions). Mailing costs included. Single copies can be ordered (€ 20 and € 37,50 respectively). Orders should be sent to Editor-in-Chief with the confirmation of payment to: Educational Foundation "Transformations" Bank PKO BP S.A. XV O. Warsaw account no.: IBAN 37 1020 1156 0000 7002 0059 8037 SWIFT: BPKO PL PW Handouts and advertising are welcome to print. III INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL Dr Clement Bezold Prof. Witold T. Bielecki Prof. Czesław Cempel Institute for Alternative Futures, Kozminski University Poznan University of Technology Alexandria, VA, USA Warsaw, Poland Poznan, Poland Dr Vary T. Coates Prof. Andrzej Chodubski Joseph F. Coates The Kanawha Institute University of Gdańsk, Futurist in Residence for the Study of the Future, Gdańsk, Poland Washington, D.C.,USA Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Meinolf Dierkes Prof. Nikolai Genov Prof. Günter Getzinger Science Center (WZB), Freie Universität, Alpen-Adria Universität Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Klagenfurt, Austria Prof. Larisa A. Gromova Prof. Tomasz Goban-Klas Prof. Janusz Golinowski Herzen State Jagiellonian University Kazimierz Wielki University, Pedagogical University Cracow, Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland St. Petersburg, Russia Prof. Armin Grunwald Prof. Andrzej Herman Prof. Jerzy Kisielnicki Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Warsaw School of Economics, University of Warsaw Karlsruhe, Germany Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland Prof. Witold Kieżun Prof. Andrzej K. Koźmiński Prof. Wojciech Lamentowicz Kozminski University Kozminski University University of Business and Admini- Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland stration, Gdynia, Poland Prince Prof. Rudolf zur Lippe Prof. Andrzej Lubbe Dr Michael Maccoby Oldenburg Universität Kozminski University The Maccoby Group PC, Oldenburg, Germany Warsaw, Poland Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Prof. Ali A. Mazrui Prof. Witold Morawski Jerzy Mikułowski - Pomorski State University of New York, Kozminski University Cracow University of Economics, Binghampton, N.Y., USA Warsaw, Poland Cracow, Poland Prof. Andrzej Papuziński Prof. Sławomir Partycki Prof. Karol L. Pelc Kazimierz Wielki University, John Paul II Michigan Technological University Bydgoszcz, Poland Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Houghton, Ml, USA Prof. Marek Pietraś Prof. Alan R. Porter Prof. Bazyli Poskrobko Maria Curie-Skłodowska Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Białystok, University, Lublin, Poland Atlanta, GA, USA Białystok, Poland Prof. Harry Rothman Col. Prof. Piotr Sienkiewicz Prof. Marek S. Szczepański University of Manchester National Defence University, University of Silesia Manchester, UK Warsaw, Poland Katowice, Poland Prof. Agnieszka Szewczyk Prof. Czesław Szmidt Prof. Andrew S. Targowski University of Szczecin, Kozminski University Western Michigan University Szczecin, Poland Warsaw Kalamazoo, Ml, USA Prof. Albert H. Teich Prof. Andrzej A. Wierzbicki Prof. Katarzyna Żukrowska American Association for the National Institute of Telcommunica- Warsaw School of Economics Advancement of Science, tions, Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland Washington, D.C., USA IV TRANSFORMACJE (TRANSFORMATIONS) 3-4 (78-79) 2013 Contents I. Information – Communication – Media Radosław SAJNA: Digital Divide, Global Communication Order and Media Development: Newspapers Online from Different Continents ............................ 2 Iryna KOLOSOVSKA, Peter BOŁTUĆ: Informational Influence on Public Opinion ...............................................................................................................23 Agnieszka SZEWCZYK: Shop or E-Commerce? ............................................34 Aleksandra KUPIS-FIJAŁKOWSKA: Surveys in the Context of Virtual Soci- ety – A Statistical Perspective.............................................................................55 Urszula ZIMOCH: A Comparative Analysis of the Information Culture as the Information Society Indicator in Poland and Finland .........................................70 Davide LAMPUGNANI: From Nowhere to Everywhere: Addressing the Shift- ing Relationship between Digital Infrastructures and the City ...........................93 Kateryna NOVIKOVA: Networks and Social Movements Mobilization – Theoretical Framework for the Internet-based Protest and Activism Research ..... ..........................................................................................................................109 Simone TOSONI: The Four Phases of Internet Research: A Proposal for a Critical Periodization ........................................................................................127 II. Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values Wojtek LAMENTOWICZ: The Gordian Knots and Alexandrian Solutions: New Approach to Forecasting and Strategy Making ........................................142 Lech W. ZACHER: Reconfigurations in the World System – Between the Old Driving Forces and New Networks ...................................................................182 J. Andrew ROSS: Globorg: The Emerging Global Organism .........................199 Filip PIERZCHALSKI: Dialectical Leader – Political Leadership in Morpho- genetic Approach ..............................................................................................217 V Kathleen O’HARE, Dora MARINOVA: Sharing Common Ground: Human Rights Discourse and the Practice of Yoga .................................................. 232 III. Sustainability – Knowledge – Wisdom Joanna KIELIN-MAZIARZ: Environmental Management and Sustainable Development ................................................................................................. 250 Jin HONG, Xiumei GUO, Wentao YU, Dora MARINOVA: Non- Government Organisations (NGOs) and the Dissemination of Environmental Knowledge in China ..................................................................................... 260 Lesław MICHNOWSKI: Towards Eco-Humanism ................................... 272 Amzad HOSSAIN, Dora MARINOVA: Wisdom for Living with Certainty amidst Uncertainty ........................................................................................ 291 IV. Transformational Case Studies Worldwide Katarzyna KOPECKA-PIECH: Creative and Cultural Industries Policy in Poland of 2012. Status, Strategies and Inaugurating Projects ....................... 306 Matteo TARANTINO: Framing School Space: Notes for a Taxonomy of the Representation of Educational Spaces .......................................................... 329 Qian GONG:
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