Title: Technological determinism and social change : communication in a tech-mad world /
Authors: Servaes, Jan, 1952-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Information technology Social aspects; Technological innovations Social aspects; Communication and technology Social aspects.; Social change
Abstract: "The aim of this book is to shed new light on this theoretically and practically significant issue, and questions the role of technology and culture in social change. It challenges us to reconsider and rethink the impact of new information and communication technologies on civil society, participatory democracy and digital citizenship in theoretical and methodological contributions, through the analysis of specific cases in Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Colombia, Kenya, Netherlands and the United States. Access to information and communication technologies is a necessity, and the importance of access should not be trivialized, but a plea for digital literacy implies recognizing that access is the beginning of ICT policies and not the end of it. Digital literacy requires using the Internet and social media in socially and culturally useful ways aimed at the inclusion of everybody in the emerging information/knowledge society. Technology matters, but people matter more"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction to the 3 A's : technology is great !? / Jan Servaes -- Appetizers -- The same old theory, the same old quick fix : but please add efficacy to the mix / Christine Ogan -- From ubicomp to ubiex(pectations) / Rich Ling -- On living in a techno-globalised world : questions of history and geography / David Morley -- Intercultural communication for development in a Buddhist perspective / Patchanee Malikhao -- Arguments -- Technological innovation and social change / Colin Sparks -- Cultural values and digital networks as predictors of sustainable democratic development / Marko M. Skoric, Yong Jin Park & Yalong Jiang -- Being meaningfully mobile : mobile phones and development / Jo Tacchi -- Digital technology and the construction of "glocal" information flows : social movements and social media in the age of sustainability / Emily Polk -- A trojan horse in the city of stories? : storytelling and the creation of the polity / John Hartley -- Applications -- Communicating neoliberal development : a critical analysis of Grameen Bank programs for women / Karin Gwinn Wilkins -- Visual technology, youth interventions and participation : two cases from the Netherlands / Ellen Hommel, Rico Lie and Anneke Smelik -- Analytical antidotes to technological determinism : learning from (digital) citizenship and participation in Medellín, Colombia / Melissa Brough -- Video technologies and participatory approaches to peace : from technological determinism to self-empowerment and social change : an experience from Kenya / Valentina Baú -- Tiger gate : a case study from China / Song Shi -- A + A + A -- By way of conclusion: people matter / Jan Servaes -- Notes on contributors.