Information and Communication Technologies Visions and Realities

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ISBN: 9780198774969 | 0198774966
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/19/1996

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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.

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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