Description |
xx, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / William H. Dutton -- 1. The Two-Edged Nature of Technological Change: Employment and Unemployment / Christopher Freeman -- 2. The Information Society: Competing Perspectives on the Social and Economic Implications of Information and Communication Technologies / Ian Miles -- 3. The Social Shaping of Technology / Robin Williams and David Edge -- 4. Computers, 'Bugs', and the Sociology of Mathematical Proof / Donald Mackenzie -- 5. Technologies as Cultural Artefacts / Steve Woolgar -- 6. Constraints on Multimedia Convergence / Nicholas Garnham -- 7. The Factory of the Future and the Productivity Paradox / Christopher Freeman -- 8. Revolution in the Office? Implications for Women's Paid Work / Juliet Webster -- 9. The Politics of IT Strategy and Development in Organizations / Rod Coombs and Richard Hull -- 10. Computer Power and Human Limits / Malcolm Peltu, Donald Mackenzie, Stuart Shapiro and William H. Dutton -- 11. Why Geography Will Still Matter: What Jobs Go Where? / John Goddard and Ranald Richardson -- 12. Future Imperfect: Information and Communication Technologies in Everyday Life / Roger Silverstone -- 13. The Cultural Dimension of Communication Technology and Policy: The Experience of Satellite Television in Europe / Richard Collins -- 14. Learning and Education in an Information Society / Michael Gell and Peter Cochrane -- 15. Innovation in Public Service Delivery / John Taylor, Christine Bellamy, Charles Raab, William H. Dutton and Malcolm Peltu -- 16. The Information Polity: Electronic Democracy, Privacy, and Surveillance / Charles Raab, Christine Bellamy, John Taylor, William H. Dutton and Malcolm Peltu -- 17. The Strategic Value of Policy Research in the Information Economy / William H. Melody -- 18. IT and Economic Development: International Competitiveness / Kenneth L. Kraemer and Jason Dedrick -- 19. Telecommunication Infrastructures and Regional Development / Andrew Gillespie and James Cornford -- 20. Telecommunication Infrastructure Competition: The Costs of Delay / Walter S. Baer -- 21. Innovation in Telecommunication Regulation: Realizing National Policy Goals in a Global Marketplace / Robin Mansell -- 22. The Politics of Information and Communication Policy: The Information Superhighway / William H. Dutton, Jay G. Blumler, Nicholas Garnham, Robin Mansell, James Cornford and Malcolm Peltu -- App. 1. The Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT) -- App. 2. PICT Policy Research Forums.00000500 |
Summary |
Information and Communication Technologies - Visions and Realities illuminates the social and economic implications of advances in information and communication technologies. It has been written and edited to reach a broad audience across the social sciences interested in constructive ways of thinking about the social dynamics of the revolution in digital media. Based on a decade of research, this book explains how social factors influence technological innovation and convergence; why organizations seek to transform work, services, and management; ways in which households domesticate new media; and how public policy and regulation shape the impact of technology on employment, media concentration, privacy, and access in an information society |
Analysis |
Society Effects of Information technology |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-453) and index |
Subject |
Information society.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Information technology.
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Author |
Dutton, William H., 1947-
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Peltu, Malcolm.
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LC no. |
96019524 |
ISBN |
0198774591 (acid-free paper) |
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0198774966 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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