Social Impact of Computing & IT on Society Books

New and Published Books

1. Internet and Surveillance

   The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media

   Edited by Christian Fuchs, Kees Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund, Marisol Sandoval

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of “Web 2.0”, social software, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have emerged in this...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. Human Services in the Network Society

   Edited by Neil Ballantyne, Walter La Mendola

   The Internet and the many applications it supports continue to transform and expand the ways in which it is possible to relate, communicate, collaborate, and perform human service work. In this book, human service researchers and practitioners explore major opportunities and challenges to well...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
3. Archaeology and the Information Age

   Edited by Sebastian Rahtz, Paul Reilly

   Series: One World Archaeology

   Traditional methods of making archaeological data available are becoming increasingly inadequate. Thanks to improved techniques for examining data from multiple viewpoints, archaeologists are now in a position to record different kinds of data, and to explore that data more fully than ever before....

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
4. Perspectives on Information

   Edited by Magnus Ramage, David Chapman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science

   Information is everywhere, and defines everything in today's society. Moreover, information is a key concept in a wide range of academic disciplines, from quantum physics to public policy. However, these disciplines all interpret the concept in quite different ways. This book looks at information...

   Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge
5. Social and Community Informatics

   Humans on the Net

   By Gunilla Bradley

   As a discipline, Informatics has developed over the years from its initial focus on data processing and software development, towards a more recent emphasis on people’s use of technology and its impact on their working and private lives. Gunilla Bradley, an internationally recognized expert in this...

   Published June 14th 2006 by Routledge
6. Business, Information Technology and Society

   By Stephen D. Tansey

   This comprehensive volume introduces the nature and the impact of the new information and communication technologies on business and society. Emphasizing the global impact, it draws upon examples from the USA, Europe, and Japan as well as the newly industrialized countries of the Pacific Rim....

   Published September 18th 2002 by Routledge
7. Europe and Developing Countries in the Globalized Information Economy

   Employment and Distance Education

   Edited by Maria Ines Bastos, Swasti Mitter

   Series: UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development

   This volume explores the challenges and the opportunities created by the rapid growth of 'telematics'. European firms benefit through lower labour costs and access to big new markets in the fields of education and training. At the same time European governments are concerned about jobs disappearing...

   Published June 9th 1999 by Routledge