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   Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities » Read Now

   by William H. Dutton. 467 pgs.

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   Information and Communication Technologies Visions and Realities illuminates the social and economic implications of advances in information and communication technologies. It has been written and edited to reach a broad audience across the social sciences interested in constructive ways of thinking...

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   Information and Communication Technologies Visions and Realities illuminates the social and economic implications of advances in information and communication technologies. It has been written and edited to reach a broad audience across the social sciences interested in constructive ways of thinking about the social dynamics of the revolution in digital media. Based on a decade of research undertaken by the UK's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT), this book explains: BL how social factors influence technological innovation and convergence; BL why organizations seek to transform work, services, and management; BL ways in which households domesticate new media; and BL how public policy and regulation shape the impact of technology on employment, media concentration, privacy, and access in an information society. The thirty contributors include leading figures in the field such as Walter Baer, Jay Blumler, Peter Cochrane, Rod Coombs, Bill Dutton, Chris Freeman, Nicholas Garnham, John Goddard, Kenneth Kraemer, Donald MacKenzie, Robin Mansell, Bill Melody, Roger Silverstone, Robin Williams, and Steve Woolgar.

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   Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development (Includes discussion of ICT in multiple chapters) » Read Now

   by Robin Mansell, Uta Wehn. 328 pgs.

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   Revolutionary information and communication technologies are contributing to dramatic changes in the competitiveness of global and local markets and in the way people conduct their business and everyday lives. The potential benefits and risks these changes present for developing countries and...

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   Revolutionary information and communication technologies are contributing to dramatic changes in the competitiveness of global and local markets and in the way people conduct their business and everyday lives. The potential benefits and risks these changes present for developing countries and transitional economies are enormous. This comprehensive, authoritative reference book examines the ways in which these powerful technologies are being harnessed to development goals, thus helping to reduce the risk of exclusion and create new opportunities for developing countries. The report emphasizes the urgency of developing new social and technological infrastructures so as to ensure that new technologies are used effectively. It also offers outlines and practical steps intended to guide stake-holders interested in shaping their future innovative knowledge societies.

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   Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age (Includes discussion of ICT in multiple chapters) » Read Now

   by William H. Dutton. 390 pgs.

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   Society on the Line presents a new way of thinking about the social and economic implications of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It offers a clear overview of information in the digital age, and explains how social and technical choices about ICTs influence...

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   Society on the Line presents a new way of thinking about the social and economic implications of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It offers a clear overview of information in the digital age, and explains how social and technical choices about ICTs influence access to information, people, services, and technologies themselves. The author calls this process `the shaping of tele-access' and shows how the concept challenges prevailing theoretical perspectives of the information and communication revolution. His clear, informed and challenging analysis ranges from the household; through the workplace and business organization; to the media as new information providers; and to government policies on information and economic strategy. In doing so he touches on important issues of information inequality, privacy, censorship, the Internet; information and organizational design; and information in the community and public policy. The main text is fully supported by case studies, boxed information, and essays written by leading ICT experts on both sides of the Atlantic. This accessible and useful book offers an invaluable guide to the information politics of the digital age. Pre-publication Endorsements `Society on the Line is a very useful book that organizes and analyses clearly and cogently a substantial body of relevant documentation. It will become required reading in universities around the world.' Manuel Castells, Professor of Sociology, University of California; author of the The Rise of the Network Society `...a fascinating perspective...which provokes fresh consideration of the issues. By showing us how to identify the games being played in the on-line environment, Dutton helps us focus on the pressure points for achieving respect for our information. Privacy need not be at risk as ICTs are exploited.The more we understand the drivers for change, the more we can influence the information handling culture which is emerging.' Elizabeth France, UK Data Protection Registrar

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   Information Technology and Organizations: Strategies, Networks, and Integration (Chap. 4 "Paradigm Thinking and Strategy Development: Marketing Strategy in Information and Communication Technology Sectors") » Read Now

   by Brian P. Bloomfield, Rod Coombs, David Knights, Dale Littler. 193 pgs.

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   This book explores the ways in which organizations design, build, and use information technology systems. In particular it looks at the interactions between these IT-centered activities and the broader management processes within organizations.
   
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   The Democracy Gap: The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies in the United States and Europe » Read Now

   by Jill Hills. 236 pgs.

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   ...The political choices that surround telecommunications and broadcasting are the subject of this unique study. Hills examines the distributional possibilities and the...
   
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   Information and Communication Technologies: Bugs in the Generational Ointment, in Canadian Journal of Sociology » Read Now

   by Susan A. McDaniel. 13 pgs.

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   ...technologies dinformation et des communications (TCI) et les effets de celles-ci...Technologies, particularly information and computing technologies...the sociology of...
   
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   ICTs and the Possibilities for Leapfrogging by Developing Countries, in International Labour Review » Read Now

   by W. Edward Steinmueller. 18 pgs.

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   ...exclusion, five of which concerned ICT. (2) Of these five items, two concerned...electronic content that relies upon information technology. Developing a globally...
   
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   ICTs, Knowledge Work and Employment: The Challenges to Europe, in International Labour Review » Read Now

   by Luc Soete. 21 pgs.

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   ...recognition of the importance of "information technology" in speeding up the process of...processes. Pre-dating even the early "information technology" literature, the...
   
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   ICTs and Employment: The Problem of Job Quality, in International Labour Review » Read Now

   by Jill Rubery, Damian Grimshaw. 28 pgs.

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   ...not simply those employed in ICT-based occupations. The extent...opportunity (see table 1 above). Information technology could in principle expand...transmitted to the home...
   
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    Diffusion and the Employment Effects of Information and Communication Technology, in International Labour Review » Read Now

    by Chris Freeman, Luc Soete, Umit Efendioglu. 17 pgs.

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    ...impact of information and communication technology (ICT). In fact, many commentators go even further to suggest...twenty-first century. London, Pinter. -----; -----. 1985...
    
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    ICT and Primary Science » Read Now

    by Nick Easingwood, John Williams. 162 pgs.

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    ICT is often used as a quick way of recording data in the primary science classroom, but when ICT becomes an integral part of primary science both subjects become more exciting, meaningful and relevant. Throughout this book, the authors emphasise that primary science is at its best as a practical...

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    ICT is often used as a quick way of recording data in the primary science classroom, but when ICT becomes an integral part of primary science both subjects become more exciting, meaningful and relevant. Throughout this book, the authors emphasise that primary science is at its best as a practical, hands-on experience for children. When ICT is used in an integral way, it can enable practical work to be done at a more sophisticated level, helping children to make sense of their findings. The book includes several case studies from primary classrooms and each chapter includes practical suggestions for teachers. The wide-ranging topics covered include: * databases andnbsp;spreadsheets * data logging * control technology * ICT, drama and science * school visits * planning for ICT and science * choosing and using software. ICT and Primary Science is an accessible and jargon-free resource for teachers and student teachers of primary science.

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    Access Denied in the Information Age (Chap. 3 "'Getting Our Hands on It': Gendered Inequality in Access to Information and Communications Technologies") » Read Now

    by Stephen Lax. 241 pgs.

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    Who is going to reap the rewards of new information and communication technologies? Focusing on a theme of exclusion, Access Denied in the Information Age dispels the myths of the information society. The authors here take a few steps back from the hype and consider the real place of these new technologies in society.
    
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    Information Society: Wireless ICTs' Transformative Potential, in Futures » Read Now

    by A. Grantham, G. Tsekouras. 19 pgs.

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    ...either in the home using ICT, at some other fixed location...Forthcoming features: information and communications technologies and the sociology...the information age, New...
    
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    ICT: Changing Education » Read Now

    by Chris Abbott. 130 pgs.

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    Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is changing the face of education. In this timely and accessible book, Chris Abbott examines the process by which ICT, and its role in relation to literacy has become central to national educational policies.
    
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    ICT, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum: Subject to Change » Read Now

    by Avril Loveless, Viv Ellis. 240 pgs.

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    This book explores the impact new information and communication technologies are having on teaching and the way children learn. The book addresses key issues across all phases of primary and secondary education, both in the UK and internationally. ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum looks at the...

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    This book explores the impact new information and communication technologies are having on teaching and the way children learn. The book addresses key issues across all phases of primary and secondary education, both in the UK and internationally. ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum looks at the relationship between ICT, paradigms of teaching and learning, and the way in which curriculum subjects are represented. Three principal areas are addressed: * the wider perception of ICT in society, culture and schooling * the challenges to pedagogy * the way in which ICT not only supports learning and teaching but changes the nature of curriculum subjects. The tensions between the use of technology to replicate traditional practices, and the possibilities for transforming the curriculum and pedagogy are explored, offering an original and distinctively critical perspective on the way in which we understand ICT in education. It will be of interest to all primary and secondary teachers and those in initial teacher training who are concerned about current technology initiatives in education and how to respond to them.

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    Curriculum, Plans, and Processes in Instructional Design: International Perspectives (Chap. 10 "Information and Communication Technology: Transforming the Teaching Profession" and Part III "Delivery Systems, Information and Communication Technology, and Media in Education") » Read Now

    by Norbert M. Seel, Sanne Dijkstra. 385 pgs.

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    Prominent researchers and practitioners from instructional design, as well as the learning sciences-from both the U.S. and around the world-have contributed to this volume. This volume is a valuable resource for graduate students, scholars, and researchers in the fields of instructional design and...

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    Prominent researchers and practitioners from instructional design, as well as the learning sciences-from both the U.S. and around the world-have contributed to this volume. This volume is a valuable resource for graduate students, scholars, and researchers in the fields of instructional design and educational technology, as well as for those who wish to develop expertise in training in industrial, military, public and academic organizations.

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