ISBN:
9780415807135
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (290 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Information Technology and Society
DDC:
303.4834
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Nationwide, and indeed worldwide, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of access to information. Accordingly, information technology (IT), broadly defined and its role beyond the internal workings of businesses has leapt into the social consciousness. Diving into the Bitstream distinguishes itself by weaving together the concepts and conditions of IT. What distinguishes these trends is their focus on the impacts of IT on societies, and the responsibilities of IT's creators and users. The author pulls together important, often complex issues in the relationships among informatio
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Diving into the bitstream; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; About the author; Preface; Chapter 1 What's it all about?; Foundation ideas, condensed; Now let's look a little deeper; Information; Information technology; The Internet and the Web; New media, old media, mass media; Societies and cultures; The information age; Consumer access; Provider access; Free expression, privacy, property, ownership; Protection and security; The military; The e-biz buzz-e-commerce and e-business; Education; Artificial intelligence; The green way
Description / Table of Contents:
And so-IT marches on, and we with itIn sum; Chapter 2 Information to suit-as you like it; Information-what is it?; So we come to knowledge; Where does information come from?; We know you-data collection; US politicos and the media wellspring-information sources too; Truth or consequences; Fact, fiction, and the in-between-evaluating information; We are what we believe-selective narrowing; Brain bias-a complication; Can we suspend our beliefs?; Understanding numbers-reading between the lines; An aura of accuracy; Precision may not be relevant; Extreme values render averages misleading
Description / Table of Contents:
Forecasts presume continuanceCorrelation is not causation; Comparability counts; Missing information; Rounding does not mean loss of accuracy; Context eliminates vagueness; And so-we are what we know; Consequences; The business difference-when too much information isn't; Personalization-the answer or the question?; Attention everyone-now hear this; Who's on it first?; Chapter 3 Connections-the Internet, the Web, and the others; In the beginning-a little shiny ball; A modest start-the ARPANET; Slow progress, then boom-the Internet; So what actually is the Internet and how does it work?
Description / Table of Contents:
Finding the trees in the forest-the domain name systemSorry, we're all out of addresses-IP revisited; Addresses galore and more-IPv6; Connecting to the Internet; Consumers and providers-the network neutrality debate; The regulation dilemma; On the go-bringing the Internet along; The World Wide Web; It began with a proposal; So what actually is the Web?; The Web 1-2-3; Behind the portal; A Web site for any business-or for you; And the others; And so-wielding power; The persistent digital divide; Chapter 4 That is to say-free expression and privacy; The free expression mandate
Description / Table of Contents:
Limits to protectionMany limits are contextual; Audience and purpose can make a difference; So can the type of IT and the role of the FCC; Broadcast media; Different treatment for cell phones, VoIP, and cable TV; Venue ownership takes precedence; Censorship-the one-way street; The Chinese experience; Breaching the barriers; A stealth approach; Privacy complicates the picture; A fuzzier mandate; Disclosure; Public lives, private lives; IT affects outcomes; Identifying the unidentified; With our knowledge and without; Personalization revisited; Personalization's analog, data profiling
Description / Table of Contents:
The whistleblower-risk and reward
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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