Information and Communication Technologies Visions and Realities [Paperback]

This work illuminates the social and economic implications of advances in information and communication technologies. It has been written and edited to reach a broad audience across the social sciences interested in constructive ways of thinking about the social dynamics of the revolution in digital media. The thirty contributors include leading figures in the field such as Walter Baer, Peter Cochrane, Robin Mansell, and Steve Woolgar.

List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction,William H. Dutton
Part I. Social Dimensions of the Technical: Social, Cultural, and Political Processes Shaping Technological Development and Innovation
1. The Two-Edged Nature of Technological Change: Employment and Unemployment,Christopher Freeman
2. The Information Society: Competing Perspectives on the Social and Economic Implications of Information and Communication Technologies,Ian Miles
3. The Social Shaping of Technology,Robin Williams and David Edge
4. Computers, 'Bugs', and the Sociology of Mathematical Proof,David Mackenzie
5. Technologies as Cultural Artefacts,Steve Woolgar
6. Constraints on Multimedia Convergence,Nicholas Garnham
Part II. Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations, Management, and Work: Reinforcing and Transforming the Structure, Processes, and Geography of the Firm
7. The Factory of the Future and the Productivity Paradox,Christopher Freeman
8. Revolution in the Office? Implications for Women's Paid Work,Juliet Webster
9. The Politics of IT Strategy and Development in Organizations,Rod Coombs and Richard Hull
10. Computer Power and Human Limits,Malcolm Peltu, Donald Mackenzie, Stuart Shapiro, and William H. Dutton
11. Why Geography Will Still Matter: What Jobs Go Where?,John Goddarl“&