Shaping the network society : the new role of civil society in cyberspace /

Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer profes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: DIAC (Conference)
Otros Autores: Schuler, Douglas, Day, Peter, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Information technology > Social aspects.
Computer networks > Social aspects.
Social participation.
Civil society.
Social Participation
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Aspect social.
Participation sociale.
Société civile.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Civil society
Computer networks > Social aspects
Information technology > Social aspects
Social participation
DIAC
Network society
Advanced computing
Cyberspace
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Shaping the network society: opportunities and challenges / Douglas Schuler and Peter Day
  • U.S. global cyberspace / Oliver Boyd-Barrett
  • Shaping technology for the "good life": the technological imperative versus the social imperative / Gary Chapman
  • Human rights in the global billboard society / Cees J. Hamelink
  • A census of public computing in Toledo, Ohio / Kate Williams and Abdul Alkalimat
  • A Polder model in cyberspace: Amsterdam public digital culture / Geert Lovink and Patrice Riemens
  • Community networks go virtual: tracing the evolution of ICT in Buenos Aires and Montevideo / Susana Finquelievich
  • Civil networking in a hostile environment: experiences in the former Yugoslavia / Veran Matic
  • Rethinking telecenters: microbanks and remittance flows- reflections from Mexico / Scott S. Robinson
  • The role of community networks in shaping the network society: enabling people to develop their own projects / Fiorella de Cindio
  • Information technology and the international public sphere / Craig Calhoun
  • What do we need to know about the future we're creating? technobiographical reflections / Howard Rheingold
  • Libraries: the information commons of civil society / Nancy Kranich
  • The soil of cyberspace: historical archaeologies of the Blacksburg electronic village and the Seattle community network / David Silver
  • Globalization and media democracy: the case of indymedia / Douglas Morris
  • Prospects for a new public sphere / Peter Day and Douglas Schuler.

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