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Encountering Technology

Author : George Gerstman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665526386
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Encountering Technology written by George Gerstman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology has changed the world. Most of us love technology. It has evolved. It has become more complex. We now carry a combined computer, telephone and camera in the form of a smartphone. It’s hard to believe that a smartphone contains, in addition to other technology, billions of transistors. In this fascinating book the author, George Gerstman, shares his story of technology that he has seen evolve over his lifetime. Encountering Technology takes you from the 1940s to the present, with photographs showing much of the technology that Gerstman used and enjoyed. The book includes scores of examples of the technology, such as digital computers that Gerstman programmed during the 1950s which weighed tons and weren’t nearly as powerful as the computer in an iPhone, radios that he listened to before television became popular, the advent of video games, the evolution of the Internet, film cameras that he used before digital cameras were invented, and so much more. Gerstman describes how he personally encountered the digital revolution. Encountering Technology directs you through the most popular technology of the past 80 years. The book is a must-read for everyone with any interest in television, telephones, radios, computers, cameras, the Internet, watches, video, or other technology. Using photographs and clear narrative, Gerstman describes engrossing aspects of the technical devices. His background in electrical engineering and patent law, as well as being a consumer, has given him insights that are certain to inform and excite the reader.

Technology Mediated Service Encounters

Author : Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027262993
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Technology Mediated Service Encounters by : Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich

Download or read book Technology Mediated Service Encounters written by Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this collection, authored by renowned scholars, address a gap in the literature by focusing on the consequences that outsourcing, among other globalized economic practices, and remediation by new technologies have had on the service encounters genre (SE). From both a multilingual and a multidisciplinary perspective, this collection explores the development of technological applications and professional best practices as well as call centre interaction, e-commerce, and e-word of mouth. More specifically, the papers in this volume report on technology developed to support SEs and how this technology influences service providers and their allowable linguistic contributions. Further, this collection provides valuable insights on the language and strategic behaviour deployed in less researched kinds of SEs, gives special attention to how technology impacts the interface between the transactional and interactional goals of SEs, and thus has real world applications.

Educational Technology and Pedagogic Encounters

Author : Yusef Waghid
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463005463
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Educational Technology and Pedagogic Encounters by : Yusef Waghid

Download or read book Educational Technology and Pedagogic Encounters written by Yusef Waghid and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at some of the underlying theories of educational technology (means), and ways in which this technology is guided in practice (ends). The authors are intent on producing ends that prepare students to undertake new analyses and evaluations that can result in new possibilities for democratic action. Emphasis is on their understanding of and position within educational technology – as opposed to using or applying educational technology. The work is not written from the point of view that their embeddedness within educational technology has a utilitarian end in mind, but rather that their situatedness within educational technology (a practice in itself) leaves open possibilities for new ways of understanding democratic education. This book is organised into six interrelated themes that work towards the cultivation of educational technology as a human practice which guides pedagogic encounters on the basis of taking risks in relation to which the unexpected, unimaginable is always possible.

Beyond Interpretivism? New Encounters with Technology and Organization

Author : Lucas Introna
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319497332
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Book Synopsis Beyond Interpretivism? New Encounters with Technology and Organization by : Lucas Introna

Download or read book Beyond Interpretivism? New Encounters with Technology and Organization written by Lucas Introna and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS&O 2016, held in Dublin, Ireland, in December 2016. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: doing process research; exploring affect and affordance; considering communication and performance; and examining knowledge and practice.

Digital Technology in Service Encounters

Author : Sonja Christ-Brendemühl
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3658378859
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (583 download)

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Book Synopsis Digital Technology in Service Encounters by : Sonja Christ-Brendemühl

Download or read book Digital Technology in Service Encounters written by Sonja Christ-Brendemühl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital technology is disrupting the prerequisites for most firms in the service industry and frequently forces them to reassess the ratio of human interaction and technology use in service encounters. To retain competitiveness, it seems mandatory to increase service encounter efficiency by embedding digital technology into the existing processes. However, there is little empirical evidence on how such technological implementations affect the sentiments, attitudes, and behaviors of frontline employees. Likewise, research on interrelated customer responses is scarce. To address this matter, this book presents four distinct yet related studies to investigate the impact of digital technology on frontline employees, customers, and ultimately service firms. The results and implications provide meaningful insights for theory and practice.

Digital Encounters

Author : Aylish Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136790098
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Digital Encounters written by Aylish Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Encounters is a cross media study of digital moving images in animation, cinema, games, and installation art. In a world increasingly marked by proliferating technologies, the way we encounter and understand these story-worlds, game spaces and art works reveals aspects of the ways in which we organize and decode the vast amount of visual material we are bombarded with each day. Working with examples from The Incredibles, The Matrix, Tomb Raider: Legend and Bill Viola's Five Angels for the Millennium, Aylish Wood considers how viewers engage with the diverse interfaces of digital effects cinema, digital games and time-based installations, and argues that technologies alter human engagement, distributing our attention across a network of images and objects.

China's Encounters on the South and Southwest

Author : James A. Anderson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004282483
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis China's Encounters on the South and Southwest by : James A. Anderson

Download or read book China's Encounters on the South and Southwest written by James A. Anderson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's Encounters on the South and Southwest. Reforging the Fiery Frontier Over Two Millennia describes the southern periphery of China and the many local and state agents acting first to shift and then to shape this territory over two thousand years, mainly by land but now by sea.

Encountering Artificial Intelligence

Author : Matthew J. Gaudet
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Encountering Artificial Intelligence written by Matthew J. Gaudet and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to consider the world of AI through a Christian lens? Rapid developments in AI continue to reshape society, raising new ethical questions and challenging our understanding of the human person. Encountering Artificial Intelligence draws on Pope Francis’s discussion of a culture of encounter and broader themes in Catholic social thought in order to examine how current AI applications affect human relationships in various social spheres and offers concrete recommendations for better implementation. The document also explores questions regarding personhood, consciousness, and the kinds of relationships humans might have with even the most advanced AI. Through these discussions, the document investigates the theoretical and practical challenges to interpersonal encounter raised by the age of AI.

Being Fluent with Information Technology

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309173132
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Being Fluent with Information Technology written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-06-03 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computers, communications, digital information, softwareâ€"the constituents of the information ageâ€"are everywhere. Being computer literate, that is technically competent in two or three of today's software applications, is not enough anymore. Individuals who want to realize the potential value of information technology (IT) in their everyday lives need to be computer fluentâ€"able to use IT effectively today and to adapt to changes tomorrow. Being Fluent with Information Technology sets the standard for what everyone should know about IT in order to use it effectively now and in the future. It explores three kinds of knowledgeâ€"intellectual capabilities, foundational concepts, and skillsâ€"that are essential for fluency with IT. The book presents detailed descriptions and examples of current skills and timeless concepts and capabilities, which will be useful to individuals who use IT and to the instructors who teach them.

Organizational Encounters with Risk

Author : Bridget Hutter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139448000
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Encounters with Risk written by Bridget Hutter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizational encounters with risk range from errors and anomalies to outright disasters. In a world of increasing interdependence and technological sophistication, the problem of understanding and managing such risks has grown ever more complex. Organizations and their participants must often reform and reorganise themselves in response to major events and crises, dealing with the paradox of managing the potentially unmanageable. Organizational responses are influenced by many factors, such as the representational capacity of information systems and concerns with legal liability. In this collection, leading experts on risk management from a variety of disciplines address these complex features of organizational encounters with risk. They raise critical questions about how risk can be understood and conceived by organizations, and whether it can be 'managed' in any realistic sense at all. This book is an important reminder that the organisational management of risk involves much more than the cool application of statistical method.

Global Encounters

Author : Gitte Stald
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781860205873
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Global Encounters written by Gitte Stald and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relation between globalization, culture, and the transformative role of the media is examined in this book. Case studies assess questions of media use, cultural boundaries, and identities emanating from these theoretical reflections. The international scope of this book includes examinations of youth cultures in Denmark and South Africa, Asian cultures in India and London, the Iranian migration to London, and the Gauchos in Southern Brazil.

Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters

Author : Edghiem, Farag
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668474182
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters written by Edghiem, Farag and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital technologies have enabled certain opportunities for industries, societies, and companies to change for the better. The service sector has essentially evolved through significant developments in recent decades, such as the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications and automated technologies, including service robots, chatbots, and virtual assistants. Both digital transformation and digital entrepreneurship are multifaceted areas that relate to varied emerging technologies that have recently dominated the current service industry. These technologies serve to enhance various sociotechnical areas, including communication and collaboration, as well as co-creating business value and promoting service automation. Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters contributes to the services’ digital transformation and digital entrepreneurship domain by uncovering contemporary innovations used in the modern service industry. It supports modern applications of Industry 4.0, digital transformation, and entrepreneurship to facilitate value co-creation for contemporary businesses. Covering topics such as big data management, industrial relations, and tourist destination selection, this premier reference source is an ideal resource for entrepreneurs, business owners and managers, government officials, policymakers, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Provoking Curriculum Encounters Across Educational Experience

Author : Teresa Strong-Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429608977
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Provoking Curriculum Encounters Across Educational Experience by : Teresa Strong-Wilson

Download or read book Provoking Curriculum Encounters Across Educational Experience written by Teresa Strong-Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects recent and creative theorizing emerging in the fields of curriculum studies and curriculum theory, through an emphasis on provoking encounters. Drawn from a return to foundational texts, the emphasis on an ‘encountering’ curriculum highlights the often overlooked, pre-conceptual aspects of the educational experience; these aspects include the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of teaching and learning. The book highlights that immediate components of one’s encounters with education—across formal and informal settings—comprise a large part of the teaching and learning processes. Chapters offer both close readings of specific work from the curriculum theory archive, as well as engagements with cutting-edge conceptual issues across disciplinary lines, with contributions from leading and emerging scholars across the field of curriculum studies. This book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and post-graduate students in the fields of curriculum studies and curriculum theory.

Digital Encounters

Author : Cecily Raynor
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487538812
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Digital Encounters written by Cecily Raynor and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand the creative fabric of digital networks, scholars of literary and cultural studies must turn their attention to crowdsourced forms of production, discussion, and distribution. Digital Encounters explores the influence of an increasingly networked world on contemporary Latin American cultural production. Drawing on a spectrum of case studies, the contributors to this volume examine literature, art, and political activism as they dialogue with programming languages, social media platforms, online publishing, and geospatial metadata. Implicit within these connections are questions of power, privilege, and stratification. The book critically examines issues of inequitable access and data privacy, technology’s capacity to divide people from one another, and the digital space as a site of racialized and gendered violence. Through an expansive approach to the study of connectivity, Digital Encounters illustrates how new connections – between analog and digital, human and machine, print text and pixel – alter representations of self, Other, and world.

Shared Encounters

Author : Katharine S. Willis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 184882727X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Shared Encounters written by Katharine S. Willis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day we share encounters with others as we inhabit the space around us. In offering insights and knowledge on this increasingly important topic, this book introduces a range of empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of shared encounters. It highlights the multifaceted nature of collective experience and provides a deeper understanding of the nature and value of shared encounters in everyday life. Divided into four sections, each section comprises a set of chapters on a different topic and is introduced by a key author in the field who provides an overview of the content. The book itself is introduced by Paul Dourish, who sets the theme of shared encounters in the context of technological and social change over the last fifteen years. The four sections that follow consider the characteristics of shared encounters and describe how they can be supported in different settings: the first section, introduced by Barry Brown, looks at shared experiences. George Roussos, in the second section, presents playful encounters. Malcolm McCulloch introduces the section on spatial settings and – last but not least – Elizabeth Churchill previews the topic of social glue. The individual chapters that accompany each part offer particular perspectives on the main topic and provide detailed insights from the author’s own research background. A valuable reference for anyone designing ubiquitous media, mobile social software and LBS applications, this volume will also be useful to researchers, students and practitioners in fields ranging from computer science to urban studies.

Pedagogical Encounters in the Post-Anthropocene, Volume 2

Author : jan jagodzinski
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031547837
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Pedagogical Encounters in the Post-Anthropocene, Volume 2 written by jan jagodzinski and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Studies Encounters the Middle East

Author : Alex Lubin
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469628856
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book American Studies Encounters the Middle East written by Alex Lubin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the field of American studies, attention is shifting to the long history of U.S. engagement with the Middle East, especially in the aftermath of war in Iraq and in the context of recent Arab uprisings in protest against economic inequality, social discrimination, and political repression. Here, Alex Lubin and Marwan M. Kraidy curate a new collection of essays that focuses on the cultural politics of America's entanglement with the Middle East and North Africa, making a crucial intervention in the growing subfield of transnational American studies. Featuring a diverse list of contributors from the United States, the Arab world, and beyond, American Studies Encounters the Middle East analyzes Arab-American relations by looking at the War on Terror, pop culture, and the influence of the American hegemony in a time of revolution. Contributors include Christina Moreno Almeida, Ashley Dawson, Brian T. Edwards, Waleed Hazbun, Craig Jones, Osamah Khalil, Mounira Soliman, Helga Tawil-Souri, Judith E. Tucker, Adam John Waterman, and Rayya El Zein.