The social dynamics of information and communication technology

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The social dynamics of information and communication technology

edited by Eugene Loos, Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer

Ashgate, c2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Introduction / Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos
  • Part I : Disciplinary insights into the social dynamics of innovation and domestication
  • Computer anxiety in daily life : old history? / John Beckers, Henk Schmidt and Jelte Wicherts
  • 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
  • The adoption of terrestrial digital TV : technology push, political will or users' choice? / Tomaž Turk, Bartolomeo Sapio and Isabella Maria Palombini
  • The flexible room : technology for communication and personalization / Marianne Jensen, Heidi Rognskog Mella and Kristin Thrane
  • Part II : The Internet as a tool to enable users to organise everyday life
  • Uses of the family Internet sites : a virtual community between intimate space and public space / Fanny Carmagnat, Julie Deville and Aurélia Mardon
  • Legal self-help and the Internet / Lieve Gies
  • On older people, Internet access and electronic service delivery : a study of sheltered homes / Maria Sourbati
  • Part III : ICTs in organisational settings : a tool or a curse?
  • Resistance to innovation : a case study / Raija Halonen
  • Using ICT in human service organizations : an enabling constraint? : social workers, new technology and their organization / Eugène Loos
  • The impact of ICT implementations on social interaction in work communities / Niina Rintala
  • Part IV : The future : the boundaries between work and non-work life
  • There is no business like small business : the use and meaning of ICTs for micro-enterprises / Jo Pierson
  • Teleworking behind the front door : the patterns and meaning of telework in the everyday lives of workers / Arjan de Jong and Enid Mante-Meijer
  • Part V : Future developments
  • Enabling humans to control the ethical behaviour of persuasive agents / Boldur Bărbat, Andrei Moiceanu, Hermina Anghelescu
  • Challenging sensory impairment / Keith Gladstone
  • Conclusion / Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon and Eugène Loos

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