The social dynamics of information and communication technology / edited by Eugene Loos, Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, [2008], ©2008.
Description
xvi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Notes on editors and contributors
  • Introduction / Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos
  • Disciplinary insights into the social dynamics of innovation and domestication
  • Computer anxiety in daily life : old history? / John Beckers, Henk Schmidt and Jelte Wicherts
  • ICTs and the human body : an empirical study in five countries / Alberta Contarello, Leopoldina Fortunati, Pedro Gomez Fernandez, Enid Mante-Meijer, Olga Vershinskaya and Daniel Volovici
  • The adoption of terrestrial digital TV : technology push, political will or users' choice? / Tomaz Turk, Bartolomeo Sapio and Isabella Maria Palombini
  • The flexible room : technology for communication and personalization / Marianne Jensen, Heidi Rognskog Mella and Kristin Thrane
  • The Internet as a tool to enable users to organise everyday life
  • Uses of the family Internet sites : a virtual community between intimate space and public space / Fanny Carmagnat, Julie Deville and Aurélia Mardon
  • Legal self-help and the Internet / Lieve Gies
  • On older people, Internet access and electronic service delivery : a study of sheltered homes / Maria Sourbati
  • ICTs in organisational settings : a tool or a curse?
  • Resistance to innovation : a case study / Raija Halonen
  • Using ICT in human service organizations : an enabling constraint : social workers, new technology and their organization / Eugène Loos
  • The impact of ICT implementations on social interaction in work communities / Niina Rintala
  • The future : the boundaries between work and non-work life
  • There is no business like small business : the use and meaning of ICTs for micro-enterprises / Jo Pierson
  • Teleworking behind the front door : the patterns and meaning of telework in the everyday lives of workers / Arjan de Jong and Enid Mante-Meijer
  • Future developments
  • Enabling humans to control the ethical behaviour of their virtual peers / Boldur Bărbat, Andrei Moiceanu and Hermina Anghelescu
  • Challenging sensory impairment / Keith Gladstone
  • Conclusion / Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon and Eugène Loos
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 9780754670827 (alk. paper)
  • 0754670821 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2008002526
OCLC
191763248
Other standard number
40015773015
RCP
C - S
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