Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781599047744)

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. Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues 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. This groundbreaking research work 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.

Author: Terry T. Kidd
ISBN-10: 1599047748
ISBN-13: 9781599047744
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2008
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.73lbs
Size: 11.25h x 8.61w x 1.48d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2007 pg. 50
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 161