Communication By Design - The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies

Zusatztext Communication by Design can be seen as a stimulating and innovative work drawing out some of the complexities in the design of modern telecommunications systems. Klappentext The information and communication technologies (ICTs) of the 1990s enable the electronic production and consumption of increasingly vast quantities of information. The effects are likely to be both unpredictable and contradictory! and will have consequences for business! governments! organizations! and citizens. In this agenda-setting book! a highly experienced interdisciplinary team describe and analyze the impact of these developments. This book moves from economics! sociology! and political science in its study of information and communication and will be essential reading for all those in these disciplines concerned to understand the ICT challenge. Zusammenfassung The information and communication technologies of the 1990s enable the electronic production and consumption of increasingly vast quantities of information. This text describes and analyzes the impact of these developments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Domestication of ICTs: Households, Families, and Technical Change The Characteristics of Software and Systems Development Processes, Structures, and Agencies Electronic Networking: Designing New Inter-firm Relationships Designing Surveillance into the Public Switches Network Standards and Communication Technologies: The Mediation of Institutions and Technical Complexity Governance Institutions and ECT Regulatory and Trade Regimes Conclusion

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• Authors: Mansell, Robin (Professor in Information and Commu Mansell, Robin E. Silverstone Mansell, Mansell Silverstone
• Assisted by: Robin Mansell (Editor), Mansell Robin (Editor), Roger Silverstone (Editor), Silverstone Roger (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.1998
• EAN: 9780198294009
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829400-9
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Business & management, Communication Studies, Ethical & social aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects