Computers and Society

Citizenship in the Information Age

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

Representing an integration of research into technological and social aspects of computer technology that is relevant and acccessible to the individual citizen, this text provides a discussion of common societal objectives and gives a realistic assessment of the role.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-05-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:276 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Intellect
ISBN:9781567501698

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Informationsteknik: allmänt inom Data och IT

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors...v Preface...ix 1 Social citizenship in the information age...1Colin Beardon1.1 Social citizenship...11.2 The crisis of citizenship and the crisis of legitimacy...31.3 The information age...61.4 Community in the information age...71.5 Equality in the information age...9 1.6 The institutions of citizenship in the information age...111.7 Social progress in the information age...121.8 Conclusion...132 Women as citizens and the role of information technology...15Rian Voet2.1 The present situation: women as second-sex citizens...152.2 The first option: exactly the same citizenship as men...172.3 The second option: reinterpreting citizenship from a female perspective... 192.4 The third option: reinterpreting citizenship starting from a feminist perspective... 223 Psychosocial environment and the information age... 27Gunilla Bradley3.1 Introduction... 273.2 Computers, psychosocial work environment and stress: from theoryto actions...283.3 Organisational communication and computer technology...383.4 Conclusion...444 Overcoming disability: a UK perspective...46 Tom Mangan4.1 Introduction...464.2 "Modern Day Freak Show"...464.3 Integration...474.4 Enabling technology...484.5 Access to technology - Part I...494.6 Access to technology - Part II...504.7 Realising the potential...515 Education in the field of information technology...53Anton Reiter5.1 Introduction...535.2 The Challenges of information society...545.3 The new education crisis...565.4 Literacy in the information age...595.5 General approaches to implement IT...615.6 Evaluative research and findings...635.7 Information technology in Austrian education: a survey...665.8 Computers in the daily life of Austrian schoolchildren...715.9 Conclusion...726 Individuals, culture and the design of information systems...76Karamjit Gill, Tania Funston, Jim Thorpe, Masao Hijikarta & JohnGøtze6.1 Introduction...766.2 The human-centred tradition...766.3 IT and user involvement...776.4 Tensions local and global...836.5 A crossroad of IT and culture...856.6 From user friendly systems to human-centred design...877 Social aspects of computer viruses...91Simone Fischer-Hübner & Morton Swimmer7.1 Introduction...917.2 Technical misconceptions...917.3 The impact of computer viruses...947.4 Why computer viruses are written...997. 5 Legislation and computer viruses...1007.6 Ethics and computer viruses...1037. 7 Conclusion...1058 What is happening now with technology assessment?...108Jacques Berleur8.1 Some definitions...1088.2 Technology assessment as an institution... 1108.3 The institutionalisation of TA...1118.4 Functions of TA...1128.5 TA methods...1138.6 Link between function and methods...1168.7 The balance after 20 years of TA...1189 Development, self-determination and information...120Chrisanthi Avgerou & Shirin Madon9.1 Introduction...1209.2 Theoretical perspectives on the significance of information and IT for development...1219.3 Development and the notion of self-determination...1239.4 Information related trends and the self-determination of developing countries...1259.5 Information developments and the self-determination of the poor...1309.6 Conclusions...13210 The enforcement of foreign technology on Africa: its effect on society, culture and utilisation of informationtechnology...138Mayuri Odedra10.1 Introduction...13810.2 The role of foreign forces on Africa...13910.3 Impact of such forces on Africa and its society...14210.4 Conclusion...14611 Whose New World Order?...149Vincent Mosco11.1 Introduction...14911.2 Background...14911.3 The old order...15111.4 Building a US order...15111.5 The Strategic Defence Initiative and the New Order...15212 The summer school on 'Social citizenship in the information age': origins, highlights, and outcomes...155Diane Whitehouse12.1 Introduction...15512.2 Origins of the summer school...15612.3 Aims and intentions of the summer school...15712.4 Some highlights of the summer school...15812.5 Outcomes of the summer school...161