Social information technology connecting society and cultural issues /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Chen, Irene., Kidd, Terry T.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: Information society > Social aspects.; Information technology > Social aspects.; Social change.; Communities of practice and cyberspace; Community informatics; Community technology; Community technology centers; Computer mediated communication; Cyber ethics; Cyberism, censorship & freedom of expression; Digital divide; E-democracy & the public sphere; Equality and access; Ethics and technology; Issues in cyberspace; Issues in technology and government; Legal ramifications of technology; Multicultural & social issues in technology; Nonprofit technology; Online impersonations; Online personalities; Psychology and technology; Role of governments and institutions legislation; Social informatics; Social software; Surveillance technologies; Technology and crimes; Technology and cultural and urban studies; Technology and gender; Technology and public policy; Technology and society studies; Technology law; Virtual communities
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 An interdisciplinary field, technology and culture, or social informatics, is part of a larger body of socio-economic, socio-psychological, and cultural research that examines the ways in which technology and groups within society are shaped by social forces within organizations, politics, economics, and culture. Given the popularity and increased usage of technology, it is imperative that educators, trainers, consultants, administrators, researchers, and professors monitor the current trends and issues relating to social side of technology in order to meet the needs and challenges of tomorrow. This book provides educators, trainers, consultants, administrators, researchers, and professors with a fundamental research source for definitions, antecedents, and consequences of social informatics and the cultural aspect of technology. It also addresses the major cultural/societal issues in social informatics technology and society such as the Digital Divide, the government and technology law, information security and privacy, cyber ethics, technology ethics, and the future of social informatics and technology, as well as concepts from technology in developing countries.