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Author:   Colin Beardon ,  Diane Whitehouse
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781567501698

ISBN 10:   1567501699
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 May 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors...v  Preface...ix  1  Social citizenship in the information age...1 Colin Beardon 1.1 Social citizenship...1 1.2 The crisis of citizenship and the crisis of legitimacy...3 1.3 The information age...6 1.4 Community in the information age...7 1.5 Equality in the information age...9  1.6 The institutions of citizenship in the information age...11 1.7 Social progress in the information age...12 1.8 Conclusion...13 2  Women as citizens and the role of information technology...15 Rian Voet 2.1 The present situation: women as second-sex citizens...15 2.2 The first option: exactly the same citizenship as men...17 2.3 The second option: reinterpreting citizenship from a female perspective... 19 2.4 The third option: reinterpreting citizenship starting from a feminist perspective... 22 3  Psychosocial environment and the information age... 27 Gunilla Bradley 3.1 Introduction... 27 3.2 Computers, psychosocial work environment and stress: from theory to actions...28 3.3 Organisational communication and computer technology...38 3.4 Conclusion...44 4  Overcoming disability: a UK perspective...46  Tom Mangan 4.1 Introduction...46 4.2 ""Modern Day Freak Show""...46 4.3 Integration...47 4.4 Enabling technology...48 4.5 Access to technology - Part I...49 4.6 Access to technology - Part II...50 4.7 Realising the potential...51 5  Education in the field of information technology...53 Anton Reiter 5.1 Introduction...53 5.2 The Challenges of information society...54 5.3 The new education crisis...56 5.4 Literacy in the information age...59 5.5 General approaches to implement IT...61 5.6 Evaluative research and findings...63 5.7 Information technology in Austrian education: a survey...66 5.8 Computers in the daily life of Austrian schoolchildren...71 5.9 Conclusion...72 6  Individuals, culture and the design of information systems...76 Karamjit Gill, Tania Funston, Jim Thorpe, Masao Hijikarta & John Gøtze 6.1 Introduction...76 6.2 The human-centred tradition...76 6.3 IT and user involvement...77 6.4 Tensions local and global...83 6.5 A crossroad of IT and culture...85 6.6 From user friendly systems to human-centred design...87 7  Social aspects of computer viruses...91 Simone Fischer-Hübner & Morton Swimmer 7.1 Introduction...91 7.2 Technical misconceptions...91 7.3 The impact of computer viruses...94 7.4 Why computer viruses are written...99 7. 5 Legislation and computer viruses...100 7.6 Ethics and computer viruses...103 7. 7 Conclusion...105 8  What is happening now with technology assessment?...108 Jacques Berleur 8.1 Some definitions...108 8.2 Technology assessment as an institution... 110 8.3 The institutionalisation of TA...111 8.4 Functions of TA...112 8.5 TA methods...113 8.6 Link between function and methods...116 8.7 The balance after 20 years of TA...118 9  Development, self-determination and information...120 Chrisanthi Avgerou & Shirin Madon 9.1 Introduction...120 9.2 Theoretical perspectives on the significance of information and IT for development...121 9.3 Development and the notion of self-determination...123 9.4 Information related trends and the self-determination of developing countries...125 9.5 Information developments and the self-determination of the poor...130 9.6 Conclusions...132 10  The enforcement of foreign technology on Africa: its effect on society, culture and utilisation of information technology...138 Mayuri Odedra 10.1 Introduction...138 10.2 The role of foreign forces on Africa...139 10.3 Impact of such forces on Africa and its society...142 10.4 Conclusion...146 11  Whose New World Order?...149 Vincent Mosco 11.1 Introduction...149 11.2 Background...149 11.3 The old order...151 11.4 Building a US order...151 11.5 The Strategic Defence Initiative and the New Order...152 12  The summer school on 'Social citizenship in the information age': origins, highlights, and outcomes...155 Diane Whitehouse 12.1 Introduction...155 12.2 Origins of the summer school...156 12.3 Aims and intentions of the summer school...157 12.4 Some highlights of the summer school...158 12.5 Outcomes of the summer school...161

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