The Social Dynamics of Information and Communication Technology

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-26615-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

What shapes the role of Information and Communication Technologies in our everyday life? Despite the speed with which information and communication technologies such as the PC, mobile telephone and internet have found their way into society, there remains a good deal of debate surrounding their adoption and use. Through empirical studies covering a broad range of everyday life and work settings, this volume provides grounded insights into the social dynamics influencing how ICTs are both shaped and experienced. Specifically, the book examines the contributions of diverse disciplines to our understanding of these processes, the symbolic nature of technologies, the influence of design on the experience of ICTs, the role of users in influencing that design, the social constraints affecting the use of those technologies, and strategies for evaluating the social consequences of ICT innovations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haddon, Leslie

Loos, Eugène

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction, Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos. Part I Disciplinary Insights into the Social Dynamics of Innovation and Domestication: Computer anxiety in daily life: old history?, John Beckers, Henk Schmidt and Jelte Wicherts; ICTs and the human body: an empirical study in 5 countries, Alberta Contarello, Leopoldina Fortunati, Perdo Gomez Fernandez, Enid Mante-Meijer, Olga Vershinskaya and Daniel Volovici; The adoption of terrestrial digital TV: technology push, political will or users' choice?, Tomaz Turk, Bartolomeo Sapio and Isabella Maria Palombini; The flexible room: technology for communication and personalisation, Marianne Jensen, Heidi Rognskog Mella and Kristin Thrane. Part II The Internet as a Tool to Enable Users to Organise Everyday Life: Uses of the family internet sites: a virtual community between intimate space and public space, Fanny Carmagnat, Julie Deville and Aurélia Mardon; Legal self-help and the internet, Lieve Gies; On older people, internet access and electronic service delivery: a study of sheltered homes, Maria Sourbati. Part III ICTs in Organisational Settings: A Tool or a Curse?: Resistance to innovation: a case study, Raija Halonen; Using ICT in human service organisations: an enabling constraint? Social workers, new technology and their organisation, Eugène Loos; The impact of ICT implementations on social interaction in work communities, Niina Rintala. Part IV The Future: The Boundaries Between Work and Non-Work Life: There is no business like small business: the use and meaning of ICTs for micro-enterprises, Jo Pierson; Teleworking behind the front door: the patterns and meaning of telework in the everyday lives of workers, Arjan de Jong and Enid Mante-Meijer. Part V Future Developments: Enabling humans to control the ethical behaviour of persuasive agents, Boldur Barbat, Andrei Moiceanu and Hermina Anghelescu; Challenging sensory impairment, Keith Gladstone; Conclusion, Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon

Über Autor(innen)

Eugène Loos is Professor of Old and New Media in an Ageing Society in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Enid Mante-Meijer was Lecturer at the Utrecht School of Governance, The Netherlands. Leslie Haddon is Research Associate in the Media and Communications Department at the London School of Economics, UK.