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The social dynamics of information and communication technology / edited by Eugene Loos, Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--Technological innovations.
- Communication.
- Information technology--Social aspects.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, [2008]
- Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on editors and contributors
- 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
- 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
- Conclusion / Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon and Eugène Loos
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780754670827
- 0754670821
- OCLC:
- 191763248
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