ISBN:
1403997101
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 211 p)
,
22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Digital City : The American Metropolis and Information Technology
DDC:
303.48/33/097946
Keywords:
Information technology Social aspects
;
Internet Social aspects
;
High technology industries
;
Telecommuting
;
Sociology, Urban
;
Cyberspace
;
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Social conditions
Abstract:
Evolving out of a research project on information technology and society, the book explores the digitization of the American city. Laguerre examines the impact of changes to various sectors of society, brought about by the advent of information technology and the Internet upon daily life in the contemporary American metropolis
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 IT as Process and Globalization as Outcome; 2 Teleworkers and Telemanagers: IT and Telecommuting in the Digital City; 3 The Digital Office; 4 Virtual City Hall: The Governance of Local E-Government; 5 Virtual Diasporas and Cyberspace; 6 Virtual Time: The Processuality of the Cyberweek; 7 Conclusion: The Digital City as the Virtual Embodiment of the Global City; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-197) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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