The social dynamics of information and communication technology
By: [edited by] Eugene Loos, Leslie Haddon and Enid Mante-Meijer.
Contributors: Loos, Eugene, 1963-; Haddon, Leslie.; Mante-Meijer, E. A., 1939-
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780754670827
Subjects: Communication -- Technological innovations; Information technology -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of figures and tables; title: Notes on editors and contributors; title: Introduction / Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos; title: Disciplinary insights into the social dynamics of innovation and domestication; title: Computer anxiety in daily life: old history? / John Beckers, Henk Schmidt and Jelte Wicherts; title: ICTS and the human body: an empirical study in five countries / Alberta Contarello, Leopoldina Fortunati, Pedro Gomez Fernandez, Enid Mante-Meijer, Olga Vershinskaya and Daniel Volovici; title: The adoption of terrestrial digital TV: technology push, political will or users' choice? / Tomaz Turk, Bartolomeo Sapio and Isabella Maria Palombini; title: The flexible room: technology for communication and personalization / Marianne Jensen, Heidi Rognskog Mella and Kristin Thrane; title: The Internet as a tool to enable users to organise everyday life; title: Uses of the family Internet sites: a virtual community between intimate space and public space / Fanny Carmagnat, Julie Deville and Aurélia Mardon; title: Legal self-help and the Internet / Lieve Gies; title: On older people, Internet access and electronic service delivery: a study of sheltered homes / Maria Sourbati; title: ICTS in organisational settings: a tool or a curse?; title: Resistance to innovation: a case study / Raija Halonen; title: Using ICT in human service organizations: an enabling constraint: social workers, new technology and their organization / Eugène Loos; title: The impact of ICT implementations on social interaction in work communities / Niina Rintala; title: The future: the boundaries between work and non-work life; title: There is no business like small business: the use and meaning of ICTS for micro-enterprises / Jo Pierson; title: Teleworking behind the front door: the patterns and meaning of telework in the everyday lives of workers / Arjan de Jong and Enid Mante-Meijer; title: Future developments; title: Enabling humans to control the ethical behaviour of their virtual peers / Boldur B?rbat, Andrei Moiceanu and Hermina Anghelescu; title: Challenging sensory impairment / Keith Gladstone; title: Conclusion / Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon and Eugène Loos; title: Index.