| Description |
362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Virtual Communities and Social Capital -- 2. Human Capital Issues in the Use of Information Technology -- 3. The Progress of the Internet -- 4. The Co-Evolution of Society and Multimedia Technology -- 5. The World Wide Web and Local Media in the 1996 Presidential Election -- 6. Electronic Communities: Accessing Equality of Access -- 7. Ethics, Law, and Information Technology: The Transformative Role of Rhetoric -- 8. Creating a Democratic Public Sphere through Political Discussion -- 9. Changing Roles in Information Dissemination and Education -- 10. Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems and Potentials -- 11. The Role of Technology in Quality Education -- 12. The Paradox of Paperless Classes -- 13. Personal Computers, Mass Media and the Use of Time -- 14. Manufacturing Knowledge: Knowledge, Technology, Culture, and Social Inequality at Work -- 15. Researching Telework: Past Concerns and Future Directions -- 16. The Information Age: Apartheid, Cultural Imperialism, or Global Village? -- 17. Networking for Sustainable Development: Innovative Approaches Outside the "Global Village" -- 18. Information In and On Africa: Past, Present and Future -- 19. World Information Flows and the Impact of New Technology -- 20. International Network for Integrated Social Science.oodlands / Ric |
| Summary |
This anthology brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the revolution in information technology. The chapters cover social, political, educational, personal, and international dimensions of information technology impacts. Each chapter focuses on different aspects of the effects of computing and the new information technologies that have accelerated every area of human life. This book raises important issues with profound implications for public policy and societal development |
| Analysis |
Information and communications technology |
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Information society |
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Social capital |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Information technology -- Political aspects.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Information society.
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Computers and civilization.
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| Author |
Garson, G. David.
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| LC no. |
99088003 |
| ISBN |
1878289861 paperback |
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