Technology in action / Christian Heath, Paul Luff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heath, Christian, 1952- author.

Luff, Paul, author.

Series:

Learning in doing.

Learning in doing : social, cognitive and computational perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the extraordinary advances in digital and communication technology over recent years, we know very little about the way these complex systems affect everyday work and interaction. This book seeks to explore these issues through a series of video-based field studies. It begins by discussing the introduction of basic information systems in general medical practice and ends with an exploration of interpersonal communication in advanced media spaces; in the process also looking at news production, the control room of London Underground and computer aided design in architectural practice. Social interaction forms a particular focus of these studies as they explore the way individuals use various tools and technologies and coordinate their actions and activities with each other. The authors also show how video-based field studies of work and interaction can inform the design, development and deployment of new technology, in this valuable new resource for academics, researchers and practitioners.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Technology and social action; 2 Documents and professional practice: bad organisational reasons for good clinical records; 3 Animating texts: the collaborative production of news stories; 4 Team work: collaboration and control in London Underground line control rooms; 5 The collaborative production of computer commands; 6 Interaction with computers in architecture; 7 Reconfiguring the work space: media space and collaborative work; 8 Organisational interaction and technological design; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-266) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11306-7

0-511-32743-9

0-511-05343-6

9786610417032

0-511-15230-2

1-280-41703-X

0-511-17327-X

0-521-56033-0

0-511-48983-8

OCLC:

51202769