Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium

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G. David Garson
Idea Group Inc (IGI), 2000 - 362 oldal
Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium is an anthology that brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the information technology revolution. The chapters cover social, political, educational, personal and international dimensions of information technology impacts. Each chapter, raising important issues with profound implications for public policy and societal development, focuses on different aspects of the effects of computing and IT that have accelerated every area of human life.

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New Millennium
1
Human Capital Issues and Information Technology
23
The Progress of the Internet
37
The CoEvolution of Society and Multimedia Technology
46
THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
63
Assessing Equality of Access
86
Creating a Democratic Public Sphere through
121
THE EDUCATIONAL DIMENSION OF
140
THE PERSONAL DIMENSION OF
212
Technology Culture and
236
Past Concerns and Future Directions
255
THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF
277
Innovative
291
Past Present and Future
301
Chapter19 World Information Flows and the Impact of New Technology
323
International Network for Integrated Social Science
340

Technological Change Virtual Learning and Higher
160
The Role of Information Technology in Quality Education
177
The Paradox of Paperless Classes
198
Author Bios
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A szerzőről (2000)

G. David Garson is a full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on American government, research methodology, computer applications, and geographic information systems. He was the recipient of the Donald Campbell Award (1995) from the policy studies organization, American Political Science Association, for outstanding contributions to policy research methodology and of the Aaron Wildavsky Book Award (1997) from the same organization. He is the author of Guide to Writing Quantitative Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Dekker, 2001), Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), and Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995). In addition he is editor of Social Dimensions of Information Technology (2000), Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (1999), and the Handbook of Public Information Systems (1999). He has also authored or edited 17 other books and authored more than 50 articles. For the last 20 years he has served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review and is on the editorial board of four additional journals.

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CímSocial Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium
SzerkesztőG. David Garson
Kiadásillusztrált
KiadóIdea Group Inc (IGI), 2000
ISBN1878289861, 9781878289865
Terjedelem362 oldal
  
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