ISBN:
9780754689638
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0754689638
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9780754670827
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0754670821
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 227 pages
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Communication
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Information technology
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COMPUTERS / Information Technology
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Communication / Technological innovations
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Information technology / Social aspects
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Gesellschaft
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Communication Technological innovations
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Information technology Social aspects
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Soziologie
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Informationstechnik
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Informationstechnik
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Soziologie
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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 --
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- 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 --
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- Conclusion / Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon and Eugène Loos
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Despite the speed with which ICT has found its way within society, debate still surrounds its adoption and use. Through empirical studies covering a broad range of everyday life and work settings, this volume provides grounded insights into the social dynamics influencing how ICTs are both shaped and experienced
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