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Fostering research on the economic and social impacts of information technology : report of a workshop

Title
Fostering research on the economic and social impacts of information technology : report of a workshop / Steering Committee on Research Opportunities Relating to Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.

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  • National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee on Research Opportunities Relating to Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board.
Description
xvi, 210 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Information technology > United States > Congresses
  • Information technology > Congresses
  • Information technology > Social aspects > United States > Congresses
  • Information technology > Social aspects > Congresses
Note
  • "Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council"--Cover.
  • Report of a workshop organized by the Steering Committee and held on June 30 and July 1, 1997.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-123).
Contents
  • 1. Introduction -- 2. Illustrative Examples and Unanswered Questions -- 3. Data - The Basis for New Knowledge -- 4. Options for Fostering Interdisciplinary Research and Improving Access to Results -- Research on Information Technology Impacts / Paul Attewell -- What If All Information Were Readily Available to All? / Joseph Farrell -- Critical Issues Relating to Impacts of Information Technology: Areas for Future Research and Discussion / Alexander J. Field -- Computer-mediated Communications / Claude S. Fischer -- Impacts of Information Technology: Behaviors and Metrics / Amy Friedlander -- Five Critical Issues Relating to Impacts of Information Technology / Michael Froomkin -- Cultural Influences on the Process and Impacts of Computerization / Rob Kling -- Questions for Research / Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason -- Electronic Interactions / Paul Resnick -- Social Impact of Information Technology / Frank Stafford -- The Uncalming Effects of Digital Technology / Mark Weiser --
  • Infrastructure: The Utility of Past As Prologue? / Amy Friedlander -- Computer And Communication Technologies: Impacts on the Organization of Enterprise and the Establishment and Maintenance of Civil Society / John Leslie King and Kenneth L. Kraemer.
ISBN
030906032X (paper, pefect bound)
LCCN
98086542
OCLC
  • 40059326
  • ocm40059326
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries