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    ISBN: 9780309534413
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (184 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Information technologies and social transformation
    DDC: 303.4/834
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    Keywords: Electronic data processing -- Social aspects -- Congresses ; Computers and civilization ; Electronic books ; local ; Computers and civilization ; Electronic data processing ; Social aspects ; Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 1984 ; Datenverarbeitung ; Gesellschaft ; Informationstechnik ; Sozialer Wandel ; Informationstechnik ; Sozialer Wandel
    Abstract: Information Technologies and Social Transformation -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Information Technologies -- THE INTERACTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR LIMITS -- Integrated Circuits -- Computing Technology -- Software -- Photonics -- TECHNOLOGIES LIKELY TO EMERGE -- Potential Breakthroughs in Silicon Circuits -- Integrated Optics -- New Computing and Software Architectures -- User-Friendly Interfaces and Computer Speech -- Data Networks -- Integrated Circuits Based on Compound Materials -- Laser Materials Systems and Yields -- TECHNOLOGY SELECTION AND THE PACE OF INNOVATION -- Marketplace Economics -- R&D Economics -- R&D Prowess -- Regulation -- Technical Standards -- The Embedded Technology Base -- THE INFORMATION AGE -- Computers Everywhere -- Overcoming Geography -- New Services -- Universal Information Service -- Video Data Bases -- Expert Systems -- Engineering Perspective -- CONCLUSION -- COMMENTS -- The Information Age: Evolution or Revolution? -- THE CLASSICAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- A CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION? -- A CURRENT SOCIETAL REVOLUTION? -- TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL LAG -- EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION -- NOTES -- COMMENTS -- The Twilight of Hierarchy Speculations on the Global Information Society -- THE INFORMATIZATION OF SOCIETY -- A DOMINANT RESOURCE, A DIFFERENT RESOURCE -- THE EROSION OF HIERARCHIES -- POWER BASED ON CONTROL: POWER AND PARTICIPATION -- INFLUENCE BASED ON SECRECY: DILEMMAS OF OPENNESS -- CLASS BASED ON OWNERSHIP: THE OBSOLESCENCE OF OWNERSHIP -- PRIVILEGE BASED ON EARLY ACCESS: EQUALITY OF ACCESS AND FAIRNESS -- POLITICS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY: THE PASSING OF REMOTENESS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- COMMENTS -- Property Rights in Information -- INTRODUCTION -- Definitions of Property -- History of Information Protection.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9780309595520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (132 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 620/.0023/73
    Keywords: Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States ; Engineers -- United States ; Electronic books ; local ; Engineering ; Study and teaching ; United States ; Engineers ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Engineering in Society -- Copyright -- Preface -- Definitions Adopted by the Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- Historical Development -- Structural Characteristics -- Features of the Present Era -- ENGINEERING AND SOCIETY: THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTION -- Supply and Demand -- Maintaining Adaptability -- Managing Change -- OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE -- 1 Introduction -- ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT -- Traditional Views of Engineering -- The Reality: Diversity in a Complex World -- Significance of Societal Perceptions -- CALCULATING THE VECTOR OF CHANGE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- 2 Evolution of American Engineering -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRUCTURE -- Birth of the Technological Society: 1790-1850 -- Emergence of the Professional Engineer: 1840-1890 -- The Engineering Education System -- Diversification of the Engineering Disciplines -- Corporate Technology and the Corporate Engineer: 1880 and After -- Global Depression, Global War -- The Tennessee Valley Authority -- The Rural Electrification Administration -- World War II -- EARLY STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING -- Forces Affecting Development -- Societal Demand for Goods and Services -- Undeveloped Societal Demands -- Technology Transfer -- Indigenous Advances in Technology -- Infrastructure Development -- Support By Key Individuals -- Government Support -- Supportive Societal Environment -- Adaptability and Responsiveness -- Diversity -- 3 The Present Era: Managing Change in the Information Age -- POSTWAR CHANGES IN SCOPE -- Expansion of Government's Role -- The Information Explosion -- Accelerated Technology Development -- Global Business, Global Markets -- IMPACTS ON ENGINEERING -- Multiplying Specialties/Interdisciplinary Activity -- The Educational System.
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