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Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age

Author : Richard Coyne
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262270885
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age by : Richard Coyne

Download or read book Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age written by Richard Coyne and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1995 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age puts the theoretical discussion of computer systems and information technology on a new footing. Shifting the discourse from its usual rationalistic framework, Richard Coyne shows how the conception, development, and application of computer systems is challenged and enhanced by postmodern philosophical thought. He places particular emphasis on the theory of metaphor, showing how it has more to offer than notions of method and models appropriated from science. Coyne examines the entire range of contemporary philosophical thinking including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology, critical theory, hermeneutics, and deconstruction - comparing them and showing how they differ in their consequences for design and development issues in electronic communications, computer representation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and multimedia. He also probes the claims made of information technology, including its presumptions of control, its so-called radicality, even its ability to make virtual worlds, and shows that many of these claims are poorly founded.

Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age

Author : Richard Coyne
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262518949
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age by : Richard Coyne

Download or read book Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age written by Richard Coyne and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyne examines the entire range of contemporary philosophicalthinking—including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology,critical theory, hermeneutics, and deconstruction—comparing them and showing how theydiffer in their consequences for design and development issues in electronic communications,computer representation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and multimedia.

Business Information Technology Management

Author : R. Hackney
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 033397767X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Business Information Technology Management written by R. Hackney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-05-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organisations are information intensive systems, operating in dynamic and competitive markets, structured around complex physical and political infrastructures. This book characterises the critical nature of these environments through strategies for business information technology management (BITM).

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information

Author : Luciano Floridi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470756764
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information by : Luciano Floridi

Download or read book The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information written by Luciano Floridi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing. A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts. Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field. Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style. Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms. Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach

Author : Kristina Höök
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447100352
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach by : Kristina Höök

Download or read book Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach written by Kristina Höök and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social navigation is an emerging field which examines how we navigate information or locate services in both real and virtual environments and how we interact with and use others to find our way in information spaces. It has led to new ways of thinking about how we design information spaces and how we address usability issues, particularly in collaborative, web-based systems. This book follows on from Munro et al, Social Navigation of Information Space, which was the first major work in this field. It provides a similar broad overview of the field, but is much more practical in focus.

Cross-Cultural Technology Design

Author : Huatong Sun
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199744769
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Technology Design written by Huatong Sun and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how to create culture-sensitive technology for local users in an increasingly globalized world with rising participatory culture. Illustrated with a cross-cultural study of mobile messaging use, Sun presents an innovative framework integrating action and meaning through a dialogical, cyclical design process to create usable and meaningful technology.

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology

Author : David H. Jonassen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0805841458
Total Pages : 1195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology by : David H. Jonassen

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology written by David H. Jonassen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of this handbook updates and expands its review of the research, theory, issues and methodology that constitute the field of educational communications and technology. Organized into seven sectors, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this rapidly changing field.

Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology

Author : David Jonassen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135637369
Total Pages : 1195 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology written by David Jonassen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-08 with total page 1195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Digital Content Creation

Author : Rae Earnshaw
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447102932
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Digital Content Creation written by Rae Earnshaw and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very word "digital" has acquired a status that far exceeds its humble dictionary definition. Even the prefix digital, when associ ated with familiar sectors such as radio, television, photography and telecommunications, has reinvented these industries, and provided a unique opportunity to refresh them with new start-up companies, equipment, personnel, training and working practices - all of which are vital to modern national and international economies. The last century was a period in which new media stimulated new job opportunities, and in many cases created totally new sectors: video competed with film, CDs transformed LPs, and computer graphics threatened traditional graphic design sectors. Today, even the need for a physical medium is in question. The virtual digital domain allows the capture, processing, transmission, storage, retrieval and display of text, images, audio and animation without familiar materials such as paper, celluloid, magnetic tape and plastic. But moving from these media to the digital domain intro duces all sorts of problems, such as the conversion of analog archives, multimedia databases, content-based retrieval and the design of new content that exploits the benefits offered by digital systems. It is this issue of digital content creation that we address in this book. Authors from around the world were invited to comment on different aspects of digital content creation, and their contributions form the 23 chapters of this volume.

Design Studies

Author : Audrey Bennett
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568985978
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Design Studies written by Audrey Bennett and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age of globalization and connectivity, the idea of "mainstream culture" has become quaint. Websites, magazines, books, and television have all honed in on ever-diversifying subcultures, hoping to carve out niche audiences that grow savvier and more narrowly sliced by the day. Consequently, the discipline of graphic design has undergone a sea change. Where visual communication was once informed by a designer's creative intuition, the proliferation of specialized audiences now calls for more research-based design processes. Designers who ignore research run the risk of becoming mere tools for communication rather than bold voices. Design Studies, a collection of 27 essays from an international cast of top design researchers, sets out to mend this schism between research and practice. The texts presented here make a strong argument for performing rigorous experimentation and analysis. Each author outlines methods in which research has aided their designwhether by investigating how senior citizens react to design aesthetics, how hip hop culture can inﬂuence design, or how design for Third World nations is affected by cultural differences. Contributors also outline inspired ways in which design educators can teach research methods to their students. Finally, Design Studies is rounded out by ﬁve annotated bibliographies to further aid designers in their research. This comprehensive reader is the deﬁnitive reference for this new direction in graphic design, and an essential resource for both students and practitioners.

Philosophy and Design

Author : Pieter E. Vermaas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402065914
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and Design written by Pieter E. Vermaas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-05 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the reader with an integrated overview of state-of-the-art research in philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture. It contains twenty-five essays that focus on engineering designing in its traditional sense, on designing in novel engineering domains, and on architectural and environmental designing. This volume enables the reader to overcome the traditional separation between engineering designing and architectural designing.

Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations

Author : Information Resources Management Association. International Conference
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 9781930708396
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations written by Information Resources Management Association. International Conference and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the field of information technology continues to grow and expand, it impacts more and more organizations worldwide. The leaders within these organizations are challenged on a continuous basis to develop and implement programs that successfully apply information technology applications. This is a collection of unique perspectives on the issues surrounding IT in organizations and the ways in which these issues are addressed. This valuable book is a compilation of the latest research in the area of IT utilization and management.

Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Author : Turner, Phil
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605660213
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives written by Turner, Phil and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For researchers and scholars working at the intersection of physical, social, and technological space, this book provides critical research from leading experts in the space technology domain"--Provided by the publisher.

The In-Discipline of Design

Author : Annie Gentes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319659847
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The In-Discipline of Design written by Annie Gentes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design is a conceptive activity which is usually presented as a sensible, sequential process and action. This book claims that design cannot be reduced to the rational, effective planning and organization that most models (such as design thinking) present. The author suggests another type of rationality which is based on what the humanities call aesthetics, writing, composition, and style: a rationality based in imaginary elaboration and coherence. The chapters, therefore, demonstrate that design practice is about creating not only functional tools, but planes of reflections that challenge norms. To support this claim, this book analyzes research programs, art works, and design projects that produced new information and communication technologies (ICT). This is detailed using examples in each chapter. From these examples, two types of conclusions are derived: a first level considers the lessons that we can draw from these examples in terms of design practice while the second level starts a theoretical discussion based on these analyses of use cases. The goal is to develop an understanding of conception in its different forms. This book brings the use of these neglected methods to the foreground as a way to explicate the design process. Taking into consideration the humanities within design contributes to the discussion on pluridisciplinarity. The book posits that design as a historical and situated activity is a truly multidisciplinary endeavor that bridges the gap between engineering sciences and the humanities.

Designing Culture

Author : Anne Balsamo
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822344459
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Designing Culture written by Anne Balsamo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural theorist and media designer Anne Balsamo calls for transforming learning practices to inspire culturally attuned technological imaginations.

Critical Theory and Interaction Design

Author : Jeffrey Bardzell
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026203798X
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Critical Theory and Interaction Design written by Jeffrey Bardzell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic texts by thinkers from Althusser to Žižek alongside essays by leaders in interaction design and HCI show the relevance of critical theory to interaction design. Why should interaction designers read critical theory? Critical theory is proving unexpectedly relevant to media and technology studies. The editors of this volume argue that reading critical theory—understood in the broadest sense, including but not limited to the Frankfurt School—can help designers do what they want to do; can teach wisdom itself; can provoke; and can introduce new ways of seeing. They illustrate their argument by presenting classic texts by thinkers in critical theory from Althusser to Žižek alongside essays in which leaders in interaction design and HCI describe the influence of the text on their work. For example, one contributor considers the relevance Umberto Eco's “Openness, Information, Communication” to digital content; another reads Walter Benjamin's “The Author as Producer” in terms of interface designers; and another reflects on the implications of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble for interaction design. The editors offer a substantive introduction that traces the various strands of critical theory. Taken together, the essays show how critical theory and interaction design can inform each other, and how interaction design, drawing on critical theory, might contribute to our deepest needs for connection, competency, self-esteem, and wellbeing. Contributors Jeffrey Bardzell, Shaowen Bardzell, Olav W. Bertelsen, Alan F. Blackwell, Mark Blythe, Kirsten Boehner, John Bowers, Gilbert Cockton, Carl DiSalvo, Paul Dourish, Melanie Feinberg, Beki Grinter, Hrönn Brynjarsdóttir Holmer, Jofish Kaye, Ann Light, John McCarthy, Søren Bro Pold, Phoebe Sengers, Erik Stolterman, Kaiton Williams., Peter Wright Classic texts Louis Althusser, Aristotle, Roland Barthes, Seyla Benhabib, Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Arthur Danto, Terry Eagleton, Umberto Eco, Michel Foucault, Wolfgang Iser, Alan Kaprow, Søren Kierkegaard, Bruno Latour, Herbert Marcuse, Edward Said, James C. Scott, Slavoj Žižek

Organization Theory

Author : Mary Jo Hatch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199640378
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Organization Theory written by Mary Jo Hatch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organization Theory offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the study of organizations and organizing processes. It encourages an even-handed appreciation of the main perspectives defining our knowledge of organizations and challenges readers to broaden their intellectual reach. Organization Theory is presented in three parts: Part I introduces the reader to theorizing using the multi-perspective approach. Part II presents different core concepts useful for analysing and understanding organizations - as entities within an environment, as social structures, technologies, cultures and physical structures, and as the products of power and political processes. Part III explores applications of organization theory to the practical matters of organizational design and change, and introduces the latest ideas, including organizational identity theory, process and practice theories, and aesthetics. An Online Resource Centre accompanies this text and includes: For students: Multiple Choice Questions For registered adopters: Lecturer's guide PowerPoint slides Figures and tables from the book