Information and Communication Technologies - Visions and Realities (Hardcover)

William H. Dutton

ISBN 10: 0198774591 / ISBN 13: 9780198774594

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996

About this Item

Hardcover. 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 CommunicationTechnologies (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, RogerSilverstone, Robin Williams, and Steve Woolgar. A study of the social and economic implications of the digital revolution. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Information and Communication Technologies - Visions and Realities (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198774591
• ISBN 13: 9780198774594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This work 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. The thirty contributors include leading figures in the field such as Walter Baer, Peter Cochrane, Robin Mansell, and Steve Woolgar.

About the Author

William H. Dutton is at University of Southern California, Los Angeles.