Technology And Disempowerment

Author : Aaditeshwar Seth
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 180382395X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and (Dis)Empowerment written by Aaditeshwar Seth and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely work draws attention to the varying factors by which technology often leads to disempowerment effects. Seth makes a call to technologists to burst the technology positivism bubble, build an ethos for taking greater responsibility in their work, and engage with the rest of society to strengthen democracy.

Author : Maren Hartmann
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000888851
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Media and Technology Domestication written by Maren Hartmann and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of media domestication – the process of appropriating new media and technology – and delves into the theoretical, conceptual and social implications of the field’s advancement. Combining the work of the long-established experts in the field with that of emerging scholars, the chapters explore both the domestication concept itself and domestication processes in a wide range of fields, from smartphones used to monitor drug use to the question of time in the domestication of energy buildings. The international team of authors provide an accessible and thorough assessment of key issues, themes and problems with and within domestication research, and showcase the most important developments over the years. This truly interdisciplinary collection will be an important resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and academic scholars in media, communication and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural geography, design studies and social studies of technology. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Author : Henrik Skaug Sætra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000886107
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Sustainable Development written by Henrik Skaug Sætra and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological change is at the core of all major disruptions in human history, and revolutions, wars, and general development are regularly connected to some sort of technological change. However, not all development is beneficial. While technology has fueled great innovations and rapid development, the notion of sustainable development has gained prominence as we now experience serious social, economic, and environmental challenges. This book examines whether technology can be used to fix the very problems caused by technology, as the various chapters examine different aspects related to how technology has brought us where we are today (which some will say is the best place humanity’s been at according to a range of metrics), and whether technology helps or hinders us in our efforts to solve the challenges we currently face. The issues discussed cover the three sustainability dimensions and include topics such as the materiality of AI, technology in education, AI for gender equality, innovation and the digital divide, and how technology relates to power, the political system, and capitalism. The chapters all build on the theoretical backdrop of technological change, sustainable development, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are actively used throughout this book, both to examine how these goals capture or overlook central elements of sustainable development, and also to facilitate and create a common framework of engagement between the chapters. This book provides a novel combination of traditional theories that are explored through different case studies, providing the ground for a better understanding of how and when technology can –and cannot –be the enabler of sustainable development. It is thus an important resource for students of all disciplines, technologists, and those developing and applying new technologies. It is also a valuable resource for politicians and regulators attempting to harness the power of technology for good, while limiting its negative potential. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. Funded by Ostfold University College.

Author : Weerakkody, Vishanth
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1609601645
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applied Technology Integration in Governmental Organizations: New E-Government Research written by Weerakkody, Vishanth and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides organizational and managerial directions to support the greater use and management of electronic or digital government technologies in organizations, while epitomizing the current e-government research available"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Petter Nielsen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303019115X
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D written by Petter Nielsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes IFIP AICT 551 and 552 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2019. The 97 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions. The papers present a wide range of perspectives and disciplines including (but not limited to) public administration, entrepreneurship, business administration, information technology for development, information management systems, organization studies, philosophy, and management. They are organized in the following topical sections: communities, ICT-enabled networks, and development; digital platforms for development; ICT for displaced population and refugees. How it helps? How it hurts?; ICT4D for the indigenous, by the indigenous and of the indigenous; local technical papers; pushing the boundaries - new research methods, theory and philosophy in ICT4D; southern-driven human-computer interaction; sustainable ICT, informatics, education and learning in a turbulent world - "doing the safari way”.

Author : Lara C. Stache
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666915564
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Avenging-Woman On-Screen written by Lara C. Stache and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how the avenging-woman character on-screen represents cultural conversations about female agency and feminism. This critical feminist analysis analyzes the construction of female empowerment in the American avenging-woman narrative to uncover how we can understand messages about women and power in contemporary culture.

Author : Alan Roulstone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317376897
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disability and Technology written by Alan Roulstone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together keynote articles from the journal Disability & Society to provide a comprehensive and though-provoking exploration of the place of technology in disabled people’s lives, documenting and analysing the growing impact of technology on disability and society over recent decades. The authors explore theoretical, empirical and moral dilemmas that arise with the changing relationship between technological change and the lives, aspirations and possibilities of disabled people. The volume is organised into three parts which consider early foundational work connecting disability and technology; key empirical studies related to the optimum use of technologies for independence and inclusion; and new moral and social dynamics thrown up by technological developments for disabled people’s lives.

Author : Cees Hamelink
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Communication written by Cees Hamelink and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He then presents a full history of world communication - from carrier pigeons to the Internet - exploring the factors that have shaped that history: technological developments, but also North/South and East/West relations, state manipulation and the interests of trans-national corporations. The third chapter examines recent communication trends that have had the most profound effect on the world's people - digitalization, consolidation, deregulation and globalization.

Author : Satyajit Majumdar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 8132220714
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Innovation for Social Change written by Satyajit Majumdar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tension exists between technologists and social thinkers because of the impact technology and innovation have on social values and norms, which is often viewed as damaging to the cultural fabric of a nation or society. Since the global business environment is the context in which implementation of technology and innovation takes place, it is widely accepted as the major reason for such conflicts. In this backdrop, this edited book integrates independent research from across the globe. It deals with the nature and significance of technology, innovation and social change as well as the relationships between them, and discusses the significance of social entrepreneurship from social innovation and technology perspectives. Research areas covered are related to the development and deployment of technology, innovation and knowledge in social change, capabilities of institutions, models, role of government and corporate social responsibility and community involvement. Multiple aspects of social change are discussed in the context of India, Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Nigeria and other African countries. But society does not silently accept technologically enforced changes; sometimes technology is seen as an enemy of inclusive growth and for many, economic development is an anti-thesis of social change. Selected case studies on sector-specific technologies, such as the use of genetically modified seeds in agriculture, which has impacted the market and society, are critically analyzed to develop insights into the adoption of technology and its impact. At the same time it examines policy related issues, without any bias in favor of, or against, a specific technology.

Author : Rooksby, Emma
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1591409705
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Technology and Social Justice written by Rooksby, Emma and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). As the debate continues and becomes more sophisticated, more and more aspects of the distribution of ICTs are singled out as relevant to characterizations of the digital divide and of its moral status. The best way to articulate the digital divide is to relate it to other aspects of social and distributive justice, using a mixture of pre-existing theories within moral and political philosophy. These theories are complemented with contributions from sociology, communication studies, information systems, and a range of other disciplines. Information Technology and Social Justice presents conceptual frameworks for understanding and tackling digital divides. It includes information on access and skills, access and motivation, and other various levels of access. It also presents a detailed analysis of the benefits and value of access to ICTs.