Communicating, Networking: Interacting : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU / edited by Margaret E. Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, Margaret E.

Contributor:

Robertson, Margaret E., Editor.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding , 2509-7784

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication.

Sustainable development.

Electrical engineering.

Computer organization.

Communication Studies.

Sustainable Development.

Communications Engineering, Networks.

Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Local Subjects:

Communication Studies.

Sustainable Development.

Communications Engineering, Networks.

Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 77 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer Nature 2016

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book illustrates the benefits to be gained from digitally networked communication for health, education and transitioning economies in developing nations (Sierra Leone and Papua New Guinea) and developed nations. Growing powers of e-citizenship can help build sustainable futures. This small volume provides a collection of examples and ideas from which the authors hope will help build a wider resource. Understanding how to link everyday lives with global networks in the digital world in ways that add benefit for the world’s people, and the health of the planet, is an ongoing project. IYGU recognises the integral roles of networking and communication systems, as well as interactions between people, near and far, as fundamental for building better futures. The global penetration of digital devices means everyday life, present and future, is inextricably linked with information technologies.

Contents:

Our natural systems: The basis of all human enterprise

Technology Trends: Working Life with ‘Smart Things’

Citizenship, Governance and Communication

Changing cultures: changing lives – mobilising social media during a health crisis

Bridging the digital divide: everyday use of mobile phones among market sellers in Papua New Guinea

Business, Commerce and the Global Financial System

Everyday-ing Health Literacy and the Imperative of Health Communication: A Critical Agenda

Imaging an e-future: Education as a process towards understanding.

Notes:

CC BY

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783319454719

3319454714

OCLC:

1066185524

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access