| Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities Contributor(s): Dutton, William H. (Editor), Peltu, Malcolm (With) |
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ISBN: 0198774591 ISBN-13: 9780198774594 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $194.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Business & Economics | Information Management - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 96019524 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.89 lbs) 484 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |