Inside the communication revolution : evolving patterns of social and technical interaction
Mansell, RobinContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
The nature and significance of emerging patterns of social and technical interaction as digital technologies become more pervasive in the knowledge economy are the focus of this book.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The nature and significance of emerging patterns of social and technical interaction as digital technologies become more pervasive in the knowledge economy are the focus of this book.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: List of Figures vii -- Listof Tables viii -- List of Boxes ix -- Abbreviations and Acronyms x -- List of Contributors xiv -- Preface xvi -- 1. Introduction 1 -- Robin Mansell -- Part One. Mediating Social and Technical Relationships -- 2. Virtual Communities and the New Economy 21 -- W. Edward Steinmueller -- 3. Cyberspace and Social Distinctions: Two Metaphors and a Theory 55 -- David C. Neice -- 4. Knowledge Management Meets the Virtual Organization in the -- Newspaper Industry 85 -- JenniferJ. Gristock -- 5. Mind the Gap: Digital Certificates, Trust, and the Electronic -- Marketplace 110 -- Ingrid Schenk -- 6. The Colleague in the Machine: Electronic Commerce in the -- London Insurance Market 128 -- Gordon Rae -- 7. Repersonalizing Data in the Banking Industry 144 -- Andreas Credd -- Part Two. Building Capabilities for Knowledge Exchange -- 8. Co-Design in Action: Knowledge Sharing, Mediation, and Learning 165 -- Jane E. Millar -- 9. The Distribution of Spatial Data: Data Sharing and Mediated -- Cooperation 186 -- Uta Wehn de Montalvo -- 10. Master of my Domain: The Politics of Internet Governance 206 -- Daniel Pare -- 11. Missing Concepts in the'Missing Links' for Brazilian -- Telecommunications 225 -- AnaArroio -- 12. Conclusion: Social Relations, Mediating Power, and Technologies 251 -- Robin Mansell -- References 271 -- AuthorIndex 299 -- Subject Index 305.
Telecommunication
Digital communications
Information technology
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics