Discussion about the new social relations created by the sweeping changes in information technology. Who can take advantage of these changes? What should be done in East-Central Europe in order to belong to the mainstream of development?

A comparative assessment of various interpretations of the information society. What are the "global games" in an age of information, and what are the main aspects of social change in relation to the new information technology.

A new alliance of companies in mass communication, entertainment and telecommunication has emerged, preparing for the big business opportunities of the next century. Developments like gaining political supports for media monopolies apparently run against public interest.

In the mainstream literature, the emergence of the information society is interpreted as a tendency to deconstruct large metropolitan areas, and locate new economic activities in a decentralised way. The author argues that inner cities are far from losing their economic importance, although the new forms of communication and conduct create new forms of centres and peripheries in the world system.