The Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies / edited by Robin Mansell ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mansell, Robin.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information society.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

xxi, 620 pages ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Handbook of information and communication technologies

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The production and consumption of information and communication technologies (or ICTs) are becoming deeply embedded within our societies. The influence and implications of this have an impact at a macro level, in the way our governments, economies, and businesses operate, and at a micro level in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy. Explicity interdisciplinary, and combining empirical research with theoretical work, it is organized around four themes covering the knowledge economy; organizational dynamics, strategy, and design; governance and democracy; and culture, community, and new media literacies. It provides a comprehensive resource for those working in the social sciences, and in the physical sciences and engineering fields, with leading contemporary research informed principally by the disciplines of anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology.

Contents:

1 The challenges of ICTs / Robin Mansell, Chrisanthi Avgerou, Danny Quah, Roger Silverstone 1

Part I The Knowledge Economy and ICTs / Danny Quah

2 The ICT paradigm / Chris Freeman 34

3 Markets and policies in new knowledge economies / William H. Melody 55

4 Globalization of the ICT labour force / William Lazonick 75

5 Productivity and ICTs: A review of the evidence / Mirko Draca, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen 100

6 Economic policy analysis and the Internet: Coming to terms with a telecommunications anomaly / Paul A. David 148

7 Internet diffusion and the geography of the digital divide in the United States / Shane Greenstein, Jeff Prince 168

8 The economics of ICTs: Building blocks and implications / W. Edward Steinmueller 196

Part II Organizational Dynamics, Strategy, Design, and ICTs / Chrisanthi Avgerou

9 On confronting some common myths of IS strategy discourse / Robert D. Galliers 225

10 Information technology sourcing: Fifteen years of learning / Leslie Willcocks, Mary Lacity, Sara Cullen 244

11 ICT, organizations, and networks / Jannis Kallinikos 273

12 Information technology and the dynamics of organizational change / Matthew R. Jones, Wanda J. Orlikowski 293

13 Making sense of ICT, new media, and ethics / Lucas D. Introna 314

Part III Governance, Democracy, and ICTs / Robin Mansell

14 Electronic networks, power & democracy / Saskia Sassen 339

15 e-Democracy: The history and future of an idea / Stephen Coleman 362

16 Communicative entitlements and democracy: The future of the digital divide debate / Nick Couldry 383

17 Governance and state organization in the digital era / Patrick Dunleavy 404

18 Privacy protection and ICT: Issues, instruments, and concepts / Charles D. Raab 427

19 Surveillance, power, and everyday life / David Lyon 449

Part IV Culture, Community, and New Media Literacies / Roger Silverstone

20 New media literacies: At the intersection of technical, cultural, and discursive knowledges / Phil Graham, Abby Ann Goodrum 473

21 Youthful experts? A critical appraisal of children's emerging Internet literacy / Sonia Livingstone 494

22 The interrelations between online and offline: Questions, issues, and implications / Shani Orgad 514

23 ICTs and political movements / John D. H. Downing, Lisa Brooten 537

24 ICTs and communities in the twenty-first century: Challenges and perspectives / Joo-Young Jung, Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, Yong-Chan Kim, Sorin Adam Matei 561

25 ICTs and inequality: Net gains for women? / Judy Wajcman 581.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199266239

9780199266234

OCLC:

72161827