Information and Communication Technologies

Visions and Realities

By: William H. Dutton (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 October 1996

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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 undertaken by the UK's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT), 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; * how public policy andregulation shape the impact of technology on employment, media concentration, privacy, and access in an information society. The thirty contributors include leading figures in the field.

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`Beautifully produced by the Oxford University Press, carefully edited, and its 22 short chapters feature essays by a larger number of the most prominent researchers in the Information and Communication Technology areas ... It is the sort of book that will appeal to anyone seriously interested in ICTs and their pervasive influence in all advanced societies. Who can resist the considered views of leading researchers in such an appealing form in such an attractive-looking book?' European Journal of Communication `This book provides an interesting and rich synthesis of some of the main results of the impressive amount of research activities promoted in the United Kingdom by PICT ... the book aims at helping the understanding of the critical options facing individuals and societies so as to make possible better informed judgements on the implications for policy and practice.' Journal of Research Policy This book provides an interesting overview to the whole range of ICT technologies and their context of use. The volume makes a useful contribution to both theoretical and practical issues in terms of policy formation. The significance of this book is in its contemporary importance. - Niall Hayes. Organization.

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Published: 31st October 1996

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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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