Home Informatics and Telematics

. Ed(s): Sloane, Andy; Rijn, Felix van

ISBN 10: 0792378679 / ISBN 13: 9780792378679

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

About this Item

Seeks to answer the questions surrounding move to a 'wired society'. This book brings together papers from researchers around the world who are looking at this challenging problem domain. It also includes contributions on the technical computing areas associated with the home, the HCI of household technology, and theoretical studies. Editor(s): Sloane, Andy; Rijn, Felix van. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; UBJ; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home Informatics and Telematics
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792378679
• ISBN 13: 9780792378679
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This volume is composed of the best papers submitted to the HOIT2000 conference held in Wolverhampton, U. K. in June 2000. The conference, entitled "IT at home: Virtual influences on everyday life", and the papers reflect the wide variety of these influences that are coming to bear on our everyday experience, be it through the increasing use of computers or the rapid development of new telecommunications systems. The conference has been organised by IFIP Working Group 9. 3 - Home-Oriented Informatics and Telematics (HOIJ) , in association with IFIP Working Group 13. 2- Methodology for user-centred system design. This gives a broad range of topics that are within the sphere of interest of the participants and the authors of the papers. The disciplines involved in the study of this subject area are varied composing computing, telecommunications, psychology, sociology, business studies and others. The conference is the second in a series of HOlT conferences, the first being held in Copenhagen in 1994. The subject is now more mature with the various disciplines being increasingly interested in the home as a research domain. The various technical developments over the time since the first conference have also had a profound effect on the way in which people communicate both in the home and at work. The rise in the use of the Internet has changed the way in which many people view communication and access to information sources.

About the Author

Andy Sloane is head of the CoNTACT research group at the University of Wolverhampton's School of Computing and IT in the UK. Felix van Rijn is affiliated with the Amsterdam Faculty of Education (EFA) as policy advisor on Education and ICT.