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Zusatztext This most impressive OUP Handbook contains the work of 39 authors, including many who have made substantial and lasting contributions to our understanding of the social science of information and communications technologies. Informationen zum Autor Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet and Head of the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. She is internationally known for her work on the social, economic, and political issues arising from innovations in information and communication technologiesChrisanthi Avgerou is Professor of Information Systems in the Information Systems Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science. Her main interests concern the relationship of information technology to organizational change and the role of information technology in socio-economic development. Danny Quah is Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science. His work is concerned with economic growth, income inequality, new technology, intellectual assets, information technology and the weightless economy. Roger Silverstone was Professor of Media and Communications and Head of the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science from 1998 until his death in July 2006. Klappentext The production and consumption of ICTs have an impact at a macro level! in the way our societies operate! and in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications for individuals! organizations! democracy! and the economy. Zusammenfassung The production and consumption of information and communication technologies (or ICTs) are becoming deeply embedded within our societies. The influence and implications of this have an impact at a macro level, in the way our governments, economies, and businesses operate, andat a micro level in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy.Explicity interdisciplinary, and combining empirical research with theoretical work, it is organised around four themes covering the knowledge economy; organizational dynamics, strategy, and design; governance and democracy; and culture, community and new media literacies.It provides a comprehensive resource for those working in the social sciences, and in the physical sciences and engineering fields, with leading contemporary research informed principally by the disciplines of anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology....
