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Inside the communication revolution : evolving patterns of social and technical interaction
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication--Social aspects.
- Telecommunication.
- Digital communications.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 309 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Inside the communication revolution
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The nature and significance of emerging patterns of social and technical interaction as digital technologies become more pervasive in the knowledge economy are the focus of this book.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of Figures vii
- Listof Tables viii
- List of Boxes ix
- Abbreviations and Acronyms x
- List of Contributors xiv
- Preface xvi
- 1. Introduction 1
- Robin Mansell
- Part One. Mediating Social and Technical Relationships
- 2. Virtual Communities and the New Economy 21
- W. Edward Steinmueller
- 3. Cyberspace and Social Distinctions: Two Metaphors and a Theory 55
- David C. Neice
- 4. Knowledge Management Meets the Virtual Organization in the
- Newspaper Industry 85
- JenniferJ. Gristock
- 5. Mind the Gap: Digital Certificates, Trust, and the Electronic
- Marketplace 110
- Ingrid Schenk
- 6. The Colleague in the Machine: Electronic Commerce in the
- London Insurance Market 128
- Gordon Rae
- 7. Repersonalizing Data in the Banking Industry 144
- Andreas Credd
- Part Two. Building Capabilities for Knowledge Exchange
- 8. Co-Design in Action: Knowledge Sharing, Mediation, and Learning 165
- Jane E. Millar
- 9. The Distribution of Spatial Data: Data Sharing and Mediated
- Cooperation 186
- Uta Wehn de Montalvo
- 10. Master of my Domain: The Politics of Internet Governance 206
- Daniel Pare
- 11. Missing Concepts in the'Missing Links' for Brazilian
- Telecommunications 225
- AnaArroio
- 12. Conclusion: Social Relations, Mediating Power, and Technologies 251
- References 271
- AuthorIndex 299
- Subject Index 305.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191685231 (ebook) :
- 0191685232 (ebook) :
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