Information and Communication Technologies Visions and Realities

by Dutton, William H.; Peltu, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9780198774969
• ISBN10: 0198774966
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This work 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. The thirty contributors include leading figures in the field such as Walter Baer, Peter Cochrane, Robin Mansell, and Steve Woolgar.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

Social Dimensions of the Technical: Social, Cultural, and Political Processes Shaping Technological Development and Innovation

THe Two-Edged Nature of Technological Change: Employment and Unemployment

The Information Society: Competing Perspectives on the Social and Economic Implications of Information and Communication Technologies

The Social Shaping of Technology

Computers, 'Bugs', and the Sociology of Mathematical Proof

Technologies as Cultural Artefacts

Constraints on Multimedia Convergence

Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations, Management, and Work: Reinforcing and Transforming the Structure, Processes, and Geography of the Firm

The Factory of the Future and the Productivity Paradox

Revolution in the Office? Implications for Women's Paid Work

The Politics of IT Strategy and Development in Organizations

Computer Power and Human Limits

Why Geography Will Still Matter: What Jobs Go Where?

Living in an Information Society: Information and Communication Technologies in the Home, Education, and Democratic Processes

Future Imperfect: Information and Communication Technologies in Everyday Life

The Cultural Dimension of Communication Technology and Policy: The Experience of Satellite Television in Europe

Learning and Education in an Information Society

Innovation in Public Service Delivery

The Information Polity: Electronic Democracy, Privacy, and Surveillance

Public Policy and Regulation: Actors, Goals, and Strategies

The Strategic Value of Policy Research in the Information Economy

IT and Economic Development: International Competitiveness

Telecommunication Infrastructures and Regional Development

Telecommunication Infrastructure Competition: The Costs of Delay

Innovation in Telecommunication Regulation: Realizing National Policy Goals in a Global Marketplace

The Politics of Information and Communication Policy: The Information Superhighway

The Programme on Information and Communication Technologies PICT

PICT Policy Research Forums

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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