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Information Technologies and Social Transformation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engineering, National Academy of
Otros Autores: Guile, Bruce R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1985.
Colección:Series on technology and social priorities Information technologies and social transformation
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Information Technologies and Social Transformation
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Evolution of Information Technologies
  • THE INTERACTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR LIMITS
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Computing Technology
  • Software
  • Photonics
  • TECHNOLOGIES LIKELY TO EMERGE
  • Potential Breakthroughs in Silicon Circuits
  • Integrated Optics
  • New Computing and Software Architectures
  • User-Friendly Interfaces and Computer Speech
  • Data Networks
  • Integrated Circuits Based on Compound MaterialsLaser Materials Systems and Yields
  • TECHNOLOGY SELECTION AND THE PACE OF INNOVATION
  • Marketplace Economics
  • R & D Economics
  • R & D Prowess
  • Regulation
  • Technical Standards
  • The Embedded Technology Base
  • THE INFORMATION AGE
  • Computers Everywhere
  • Overcoming Geography
  • New Services
  • Universal Information Service
  • Video Data Bases
  • Expert Systems
  • Engineering Perspective
  • CONCLUSION
  • COMMENTS
  • The Information Age: Evolution or Revolution?
  • THE CLASSICAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONA CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION?
  • A CURRENT SOCIETAL REVOLUTION?
  • TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL LAG
  • EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION
  • NOTES
  • COMMENTS
  • The Twilight of Hierarchy Speculations on the Global Information Society
  • THE INFORMATIZATION OF SOCIETY
  • A DOMINANT RESOURCE, A DIFFERENT RESOURCE
  • THE EROSION OF HIERARCHIES
  • POWER BASED ON CONTROL: POWER AND PARTICIPATION
  • INFLUENCE BASED ON SECRECY: DILEMMAS OF OPENNESS
  • CLASS BASED ON OWNERSHIP: THE OBSOLESCENCE OF OWNERSHIP
  • PRIVILEGE BASED ON EARLY ACCESS: EQUALITY OF ACCESS AND FAIRNESSPOLITICS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY: THE PASSING OF REMOTENESS
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • NOTES
  • COMMENTS
  • Property Rights in Information
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Definitions of Property
  • History of Information Protection
  • THE RIGHT TO KNOW
  • THE RIGHT TO COLLECT INFORMATION
  • THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION
  • THE RIGHT TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION
  • THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION
  • THE RIGHT TO PROFIT FROM INFORMATION
  • Computer Softwareâ€?Apple v. Franklin
  • Videotape Piracyâ€?Sony Corp. v. Universal City StudiosInsider Informationâ€?SEC v. Winans
  • Other Cases
  • THE RIGHT TO PROTECT INFORMATION
  • Sunshine Laws and Freedom of Information Laws
  • Strategic Information
  • Export Control of Technical Data
  • Transborder Televisionâ€?Protection of Cultural Identity
  • THE RIGHT TO DESTROY OR EXPUNGE INFORMATION
  • THE RIGHT TO CORRECT OR ALTER INFORMATION
  • Public Records
  • Broadcasting
  • Newspapers
  • THE RIGHT TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION
  • SOME OBSERVATIONS ON PRACTICAL PRECEDENTS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES