Information Technologies and Social Transformation
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1985
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-03529-3 (ISBN)
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-03529-3 (ISBN)
Based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, this collection of papers explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include developments in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and more.
This collection of papers by scholars of technology and society, based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include recent developments and likely futures in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and the interaction of information technology with businesses, homes, property rights in information, and various hierarchies of social organization.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Introduction
The Evolution of Information Technologies
Comments by Ernest S. Kuh
The Information Age: Evolution or Revolution?
Comments by Gunnar Hambraeus
The Twilight of Hierarchy: Speculations on the Global Information Society
Comments by Alexander H. Flax
Property Rights in Information
Comments by Jordan J. Baruch
Information Technologies in the Home
Comments by Roland W. Schmitt
Computers and Business
Comments by Ruth M. Davis
About the Authors
This collection of papers by scholars of technology and society, based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include recent developments and likely futures in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and the interaction of information technology with businesses, homes, property rights in information, and various hierarchies of social organization.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Introduction
The Evolution of Information Technologies
Comments by Ernest S. Kuh
The Information Age: Evolution or Revolution?
Comments by Gunnar Hambraeus
The Twilight of Hierarchy: Speculations on the Global Information Society
Comments by Alexander H. Flax
Property Rights in Information
Comments by Jordan J. Baruch
Information Technologies in the Home
Comments by Roland W. Schmitt
Computers and Business
Comments by Ruth M. Davis
About the Authors
National Academy of Engineering; Bruce R. Guile, editor
1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 The Evolution of Information Technologies; 4 Comments by Ernest S. Kuh; 5 The Information Age: Evolution or Revolution?; 6 Comments by Gunnar Hambraeus; 7 The Twilight of Hierarchy: Speculations on the Global Information Society; 8 Comments by Alexander H. Flax; 9 Property Rights in Information; 10 Comments by Jordan J. Baruch; 11 Information Technologies in the Home; 12 Comments by Roland W. Schmitt; 13 Computers and Business; 14 Comments by Ruth M. Davis; 15 About the Authors
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1985 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-309-03529-5 / 0309035295 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-309-03529-3 / 9780309035293 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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