Overview

The production and consumption of Information and Communication Technologies (or ICTs) has become embedded within our societies. The influence and implications of this have an impact at a macro level, in the way our governments, economies, and businesses operate, and in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy. Explicity interdisciplinary, and combining empirical research with theoretical work, it is organised around four themes covering the knowledge economy; organizational dynamics, strategy, and design; governance and democracy; and culture, community and new media literacies. It provides a comprehensive resource for those working in the social sciences, and in the physical sciences and engineering fields, with leading contemporary research informed principally by the disciplines of anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology.

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Author:   Robin Mansell (, Professor of New Media and the Internet, London School of Economics and Political Science) ,  Chrisanthi Avgerou (, Professor of Information Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science) ,  Danny Quah (, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science) ,  Roger Silverstone (, Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   C
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.095kg
ISBN:  

9780199548798

ISBN 10:   019954879
Pages:   644
Publication Date:   19 February 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Robin Mansell, Chrisanthi Avgerou, Danny Quah, and Roger Silverstone: The Challenges of ICTs Part I: The Knowledge Economy and ICTs Chris Freeman: The ICT Paradigm William H. Melody: Markets and Policies in New Knowledge Economies William Lazonick: Globalization of the ICT Labour Force Mirko Draca, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen: Productivity and ICTs: A Review of the Evidence Paul A. David: Economic Policy Analysis and the Internet: Coming to Terms with a Telecommunications Anomaly Shane Greenstein and Jeff Prince: The Diffusion of the Internet and the Geography of the Digital Divide in the United States W. Edward Steinmueller: The Economics of ICTs: Building Blocks and Implications Part II: Organizational Dynamics, Strategy, Design, and ICTs Robert D. Galliers: On Confronting Some of the Common Myths of Information Systems Strategy Discourse Leslie Willcocks, Mary Lacity, and Sara Cullen: Information Technology Sourcing: Fifteen Years of Learning Jannis Kallinikos: ICT, Organizations, and Networks Matthew Jones and Wanda J. Orlikowski: Information Technology and the Dynamics of Organizational Change Lucas D. Introna: Making Sense of ICT, New Media, and Ethics Part III: Governance, Democracy, and ICTs Saskia Sassen: Electronic Networks, Power, and Democracy Stephen Coleman: e-Democracy: The History and Future of an Idea Nick Couldry: Communicative Entitlements and Democracy: The Future of the Digital Divide Debate Patrick Dunleavy: Governance and State Organization in the Digital Era Charles D. Raab: Privacy Protection and ICT: Issues, Instruments, and Concepts David Lyon: Surveillance, Power, and Everyday Life Part IV: Culture, Community, and New Media Literacies Phil Graham and Abby Ann Goodrum: New Media Literacies: At the Intersection of Technical, Cultural, and Discursive Knowledges Sonia Livingstone: Youthful Experts? A Critical Appraisal of Children's Emerging Internet Literacy Shani Orgad: The Interrelations Between Online and Offline: Questions, Issues, and Implications John D. H. Downing and Lisa Brooten: ICTs and Political Movements Joo-Young Jung, Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, Yong-Chan Kim, and Sorin Adam Matei: ICTs and Communities in the 21st Century: Challenges and Perspectives Judy Wajcman: ICTs and Inequality: Net Gains for Women?

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...a more than welcome contribution to academic literature... Jean-Claude Burgelman Communications and Strategies This most impressive OUP Handbook contains the work of 39 authors, including many who have made substantial and lasting contributions to our understanding of the social science of information and communications technologies. Prometheus

...a more than welcome contribution to academic literature... Jean-Claude Burgelman Communications and Strategies This most impressive OUP Handbook contains the work of 39 authors, including many who have made substantial and lasting contributions to our understanding of the social science of information and communications technologies. Prometheus

This most impressive OUP Handbook contains the work of 39 authors, including many who have made substantial and lasting contributions to our understanding of the social science of information and communications technologies. * Prometheus * ...a more than welcome contribution to academic literature... * Jean-Claude Burgelman Communications and Strategies *

Author Information

Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. She is internationally known for her work on the social, economic, and technical issues arising from new technologies, especially in the computer and telecommunication industries. Her research examines the integration of new technologies into society, the interaction between engineering design and the structure of markets, and the sources of regulatory effectiveness and failure. She has contributed to policy discussion and formulation for the liberalization of the telecommunication sector, the development of electronic commerce, the governance of universal access, and developing country responses to globalization. She serves as and academic governor of the London School of Economics, as a Trustee of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and is President of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communications Research) 2004-2008. Chrisanthi Avgerou is Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her main interests concern the relationship of IT to organizational change and the role of IT in socio-economic development. She is chairperson of the IFIP Technical Committee 9 on Social Implications of Information Technology and she chaired the IFIP WG 9.4 group on computers in developing countries from 1996 till 2003. Among her recent publications are Information Systems and Global Diversity, and The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology: Innovation, Actors, and Contexts. Danny Quah is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His work is concerned with economic growth, income inequality, new technology, intellectual assets, information technology and the weightless economy. Roger Silverstone was Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Previous publications include Media, Technology and Everyday Life in Europe (Ashgate, 2005) and Why Study the Media? (Sage, 1999).

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