Information and Communication Technologies
Subtitle: Visions and Realities
Contributors: William H. Dutton (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 22, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780198774969
First sentence: At the end of the twentieth century, the depth and significance of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) is broadly acknowledge, although vigorous debates continue about its driving forces and social implications.
Description: 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, this book explains how social factors influence technological innovation and convergence; why organizations seek to transform work, services, and management; ways in which households domesticate new media; and how public policy and regulation shape the impact of technology on employment, media concentration, privacy, and access in an information society.