Examining Internet and Technology around the World / edited by Laura M. Steckman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steckman, Laura M., editor.

Series:

Global Viewpoints.

Global Viewpoints

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 380 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

ABC-CLIO, 2020.

System Details:

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Summary:

This book offers comparative insights into the challenges and opportunities surrounding emerging technology and the internet as it is used and perceived throughout the world, providing students with cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives. The United Arab Emirates has a national goal of colonizing Mars by 2117, and China seeks to modernize its entire manufacturing process to produce cutting-edge technologies and research advances by 2025. How are other countries using the internet and emerging technologies to their advantage? This volume in the Global Viewpoints series examines 10 issues pertaining to the internet and technology, including access and censorship, alternative energy technologies, artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, cyberbullying, cybercrime, e-learning, GMOs, online privacy, and virtual and augmented reality. For each topic, the volume features eight country-level perspectives that span the world to allow for comparisons of different nations' specific approaches to the technology or issue. This encyclopedia takes a new direction in understanding the importance and impact of emerging technologies on the world, showing that even when experiencing similar technologically related challenges or advances, these technologies do not form one-size-fits-all solutions for every nation and population. Even when nations develop similar technologies, human dimensions-from policy to social norms to culture-influence people and society across the world differently.

Contents:

Series Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Access and Control Overview Canada Cuba Estonia Ethiopia Iran Malaysia North Korea Uganda Chapter 2: Cyberbullying Overview Australia Costa Rica Ireland Italy Mexico Qatar South Africa United States Chapter 3: Cybercrime Overview Brazil Ecuador Egypt Nigeria North Macedonia Philippines Russia United States Chapter 4: E-Learning Issues and Trends Overview Argentina Ethiopia Ghana India Oman Russia South Korea United States Chapter 5: Online Privacy Overview Colombia Finland India Nigeria Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia United States Chapter 6: Alternative Energy Technologies Overview Bolivia Iceland India Mexico Morocco Pakistan Uganda United States Chapter 7: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Overview Argentina China Estonia Nigeria Russia United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Chapter 8: Autonomous Robots Overview China Democratic Republic of the Congo Germany Israel Mexico South Korea United Kingdom United States Chapter 9: Genetically Modified Organisms Overview Chile Germany India Kenya Mexico Philippines South Africa United States Chapter 10: Virtual and Augmented Reality Overview Brazil China Germany New Zealand Pakistan South Africa United Arab Emirates United States Selected Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400648793

9798216082231

9781440867224

1440867224

OCLC:

1157357337