Human rights and information communication technologies : trends and consequences of use / John Lannon and Edward F. Halpin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lannon, John.

Contributor:

Halpin, Edward F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Information technology--Political aspects.

Information technology.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

electronic texts (246 p.) : digital files.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book provides a current examination of policy, practice, and theory relating to human rights and information, communications and technology and offers a comprehensive review of the topic and the exponential changes that have occurred through the last decade"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Human rights and technology: lessons from Alice in Wonderland / Judith Dueck, Michael Rempel

ICT policies favouring human rights / Rolf H. Weber

Negotiating boundaries between control and dissent: free speech, business, and repressitarian governments / Brian J. Bowe, Robin Blom, Eric Freedman

"In YouTube we trust": video exchange and Arab human rights / Aziz Douai

Truth-seeking at a distance: engaging diaspora populations in transitional justice processes / Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm

ICT and human rights in Brazil: from military to digital dictatorship / José Rodrigues Filho

Contingency and hybridity in the study of digital advocacy networks: implications of the Egyptian protest movement / Christopher Wilson, Alexandra Dunn

Crowdsourcing for human rights monitoring: challenges and opportunities for information collection and verification / Jessica Heinzelman, Patrick Meier

Counting the unknown victims of political violence: the work of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group / Ann Harrison

Human rights defenders and the right to digital privacy and security / Tanya Notley, Stephanie Hankey

Social assistance via the internet: the case of Finland in the European context / Minna Strömberg-Jakka

Mental health, post-secondary education, and information communications technology / Jenny Martin, Elspeth McKay

ICTs and gender-based rights / Ana-Cristina Ionescu

Health information technology and human rights / Shane O'Hanlon.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed May 24, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-283) and index.

ISBN:

9781466619197 (ebook)

OCLC:

807849386