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Social dimensions of information technology : issues for the new millennium
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- Creator
- [edited by] G. David Garson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Hershey : Ideas Group Pub., 2000
- Physical Details
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- 362 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781878289865, 1878289861
- OCLC
- ocm42934605
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction / G. David Garson -- I. The Social Dimension of Information Technology. Ch. 1. Virtual Communities and Social Capital / Anita Blanchard and Tom Horan. Ch. 2. Human Capital Issues and Information Technology / Byron L. Davis and Edward L. Kick. Ch. 3. The Progress of the Internet / Grant Blank. Ch. 4. The Co-Evolution of Society and Multimedia Technology / James Stewart and Robin Williams -- II. The Political Dimension of Information Technology. Ch. 5. The World Wide Web and Local Media in the 1996 Presidential Election / Patrick Novotny. Ch. 6. Electronic Communities: Assessing Equality of Access / Eric Riedel, Marc J. Wagoner and Libby Dresel / [et al.]. Ch. 7. Ethics, Law, and Information Technology: The Transformative Role of Rhetoric / Brian M. O'Connell. Ch. 8. Creating a Democratic Public Sphere through Political Discussion / Steven M. Schneider -- III. The Educational Dimension of Information Technology. Ch. 9. Changing Roles in Information Dissemination and Education / Brian Kroeker. Ch. 10. Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems, Potentials / Mark A. Shields. Ch. 11. The Role of Information Technology in Quality Education / G. David Garson. Ch. 12. The Paradox of Paperless Classes / Paula Lackie -- IV. The Personal Dimension of Information Technology. Ch. 13. Personal Computers, Mass Media, and Other Uses of Free Time / John P. Robinson, Meyer Kestnbaum and Andrew Kohut. Ch. 14. Manufacturing Knowledge: Technology, Culture, and Social Inequality at Work / Steven Vallas. Ch. 15. Researching Telework: Past Concerns and Future Directions / Nicole B. Ellison -- V. The International Dimension of Information Technology. Ch. 16. The Information Age: Apartheid, Cultural Imperialism, or Global Village? / R. Alan Hedley. Ch. 17. Networking for Sustainable Development: Innovative Approaches Outside the "Global Village" / Karina Funk. Ch. 18. Information In and On Africa: Past, Present, and Future / Roger Pfister. Ch. 19. World Information Flows and the Impact of New Technology / Kerry Ferguson. Ch. 20. International Network for Integrated Social Science / William Sims Bainbridge