Information Technology For The Social Scientist

Download Information Technology For The Social Scientist full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Information Technology For The Social Scientist ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Information Technology For The Social Scientist

Author : Ray Lee University of London.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134218214
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Technology For The Social Scientist by : Ray Lee University of London.

Download or read book Information Technology For The Social Scientist written by Ray Lee University of London. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible and practical overview to help social reseachers make the most of information technology in relation to research design and selection, management and analysis of research data. The book pinpoints current and future trends in computer-assisted methods.; This book is intended for postgraduate and undergraduate social research methods courses and professional social researchers in sociology, social policy and administration, social psychology and geography. Particular appeal to courses in computer applications for social scientists and researchers.

Information Technology and Societal Development

Author : Targowski, Andrew
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605660051
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Technology and Societal Development by : Targowski, Andrew

Download or read book Information Technology and Societal Development written by Targowski, Andrew and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latent in the current environment of rapid technological advances are breakthroughs waiting to be discovered that will have profound impacts on how organizations will cope with the direction civilization is taking. Information Technology and Societal Development examines in depth the full range of impacts of information technology on civilization and the development of societies. Uniquely broad in the scope of examining the societal implications of informational technology, this groundbreaking reference work makes an essential contribution to research libraries worldwide.

Social Dimensions of Information Technology

Author : G. David Garson
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 9781878289865
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (898 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Social Dimensions of Information Technology by : G. David Garson

Download or read book Social Dimensions of Information Technology written by G. David Garson and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2000 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the revolution in information technology. The chapters cover social, political, educational, personal, and international dimensions of information technology impacts. Each chapter focuses on different aspects of the effects of computing and the new information technologies that have accelerated every area of human life. This book raises important issues with profound implications for public policy and societal development.

The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology

Author : Frank Land
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019155491X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology by : Frank Land

Download or read book The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology written by Frank Land and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a useful text for advanced students of MIS and ICT courses, and for those studying ICT in related areas: Management and Organization Studies, Cultural Studies, and Technology and Innovation. As ICTs permeate every sphere of society - business, education, leisure, government, etc. - it is important to reflect the character and complexity of the interaction between people and computers, between society and technology. For example, the user may represent a much broader set of actors than 'the user' conventionally found in many texts: the operator, the customer, the citizen, the gendered individual, the entrepreneur, the 'poor', the student. Each actor uses ICT in different ways. This book examines these issues, deploying a number of methods such as Actor Network Theory, Socio-Technical Systems, and phenomenological approaches. Management concerns about strategy and productivity are covered together with issues of power, politics, and globalization. Topics range from long-standing themes in the study of IT in organizations such as implementation, strategy, and evaluation, to general analysis of IT as socio-economic change A distinguished group of contributors, including Bruno Latour, Saskia Sassen, Robert Galliers, Frank Land, Ian Angel, and Richard Boland, offer the reader a rich set of perspectives and ideas on the relationship between ICT and society, organizational knowledge and innovation.

Technology and Social Inclusion

Author : Mark Warschauer
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262303698
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Technology and Social Inclusion by : Mark Warschauer

Download or read book Technology and Social Inclusion written by Mark Warschauer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004-09-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the discussion about new technologies and social equality has focused on the oversimplified notion of a "digital divide." Technology and Social Inclusion moves beyond the limited view of haves and have-nots to analyze the different forms of access to information and communication technologies. Drawing on theory from political science, economics, sociology, psychology, communications, education, and linguistics, the book examines the ways in which differing access to technology contributes to social and economic stratification or inclusion. The book takes a global perspective, presenting case studies from developed and developing countries, including Brazil, China, Egypt, India, and the United States. A central premise is that, in today's society, the ability to access, adapt, and create knowledge using information and communication technologies is critical to social inclusion. This focus on social inclusion shifts the discussion of the "digital divide" from gaps to be overcome by providing equipment to social development challenges to be addressed through the effective integration of technology into communities, institutions, and societies. What is most important is not so much the physical availability of computers and the Internet but rather people's ability to make use of those technologies to engage in meaningful social practices.

Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues

Author : Kidd, Terry T.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1599047764
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues by : Kidd, Terry T.

Download or read book Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues written by Kidd, Terry T. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides a source for definitions, antecedents, and consequences of social informatics and the cultural aspect of technology. It addresses cultural/societal issues in social informatics technology and society, the Digital Divide, government and technology law, information security and privacy, cyber ethics, technology ethics, and the future of social informatics and technology"--Provided by publisher.

Making IT Better

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309172012
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Making IT Better by : National Research Council

Download or read book Making IT Better written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flood of information technology (I.T.) products and services entering the market place often obscures the need to nurture the research enterprise. But as I.T. becomes integrated into all aspects of society, the need for research is even greater. And the range of issues that need to be addressed is broader than ever. This new book highlights the fundamental importance of research to ensure that I.T. meets society's expanding needs. Against the background of dramatic change in the I.T. landscape, the committee examines four key questions: Is the scope of I.T. research broad enough-particularly in the arena of large-scale systems-to address government, business, and social applications? Are government and industrial sponsors providing sufficient funding for I.T. research? Is the research net big both big and diverse enough to capture sufficient financial and intellectual resources to advance the field? Are structures and mechanisms for funding and conducting research suited to the new sets of research challenges?

Social Studies of Science and Technology: Looking Back, Ahead

Author : B. Joerges
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401001855
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Social Studies of Science and Technology: Looking Back, Ahead by : B. Joerges

Download or read book Social Studies of Science and Technology: Looking Back, Ahead written by B. Joerges and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together contributions that resemble spotlights thrown on the past twenty-five years of science and technology studies. It covers a broad range: history of science; science and politics; science and contemporary democracy; science and the public; science and the constitution; science and metaphors; and science and modernity and provides a critical overview of how the field of science and technology studies has emerged and developed.

Information Technology and Social Justice

Author : Rooksby, Emma
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1591409705
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Technology and Social Justice by : Rooksby, Emma

Download or read book Information Technology and Social Justice written by Rooksby, Emma and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). As the debate continues and becomes more sophisticated, more and more aspects of the distribution of ICTs are singled out as relevant to characterizations of the digital divide and of its moral status. The best way to articulate the digital divide is to relate it to other aspects of social and distributive justice, using a mixture of pre-existing theories within moral and political philosophy. These theories are complemented with contributions from sociology, communication studies, information systems, and a range of other disciplines. Information Technology and Social Justice presents conceptual frameworks for understanding and tackling digital divides. It includes information on access and skills, access and motivation, and other various levels of access. It also presents a detailed analysis of the benefits and value of access to ICTs.

Computer Technology and Social Issues

Author : G. David Garson
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 9781878289285
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (892 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Computer Technology and Social Issues by : G. David Garson

Download or read book Computer Technology and Social Issues written by G. David Garson and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For managers, consultants, researchers, vendors of BPR and academics.

The Social Construction of Technological Systems, anniversary edition

Author : Wiebe E. Bijker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262517604
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Social Construction of Technological Systems, anniversary edition by : Wiebe E. Bijker

Download or read book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, anniversary edition written by Wiebe E. Bijker and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anniversary edition of an influential book that introduced a groundbreaking approach to the study of science, technology, and society. This pioneering book, first published in 1987, launched the new field of social studies of technology. It introduced a method of inquiry—social construction of technology, or SCOT—that became a key part of the wider discipline of science and technology studies. The book helped the MIT Press shape its STS list and inspired the Inside Technology series. The thirteen essays in the book tell stories about such varied technologies as thirteenth-century galleys, eighteenth-century cooking stoves, and twentieth-century missile systems. Taken together, they affirm the fruitfulness of an approach to the study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions, and they demonstrate the illuminating effects of the integration of empirics and theory. The approaches in this volume—collectively called SCOT (after the volume's title) have since broadened their scope, and twenty-five years after the publication of this book, it is difficult to think of a technology that has not been studied from a SCOT perspective and impossible to think of a technology that cannot be studied that way.

I.T. in the Social Sciences

Author : Millsom Henry
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631212676
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (126 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis I.T. in the Social Sciences by : Millsom Henry

Download or read book I.T. in the Social Sciences written by Millsom Henry and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1999-01-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT in the Social Sciences provides students with an overview of the use and study of technology in the social sciences.

Information and Communication Technology in Social Science Research

Author : D. Kumar Dr. N. Panchanatham
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9385640135
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information and Communication Technology in Social Science Research by : D. Kumar Dr. N. Panchanatham

Download or read book Information and Communication Technology in Social Science Research written by D. Kumar Dr. N. Panchanatham and published by Archers & Elevators Publishing House. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Using IT Effectively

Author : Millsom Henry
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000674541
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Using IT Effectively by : Millsom Henry

Download or read book Using IT Effectively written by Millsom Henry and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology and Social Science examines the development and implementation of computer-assisted-learning in the social sciences. Encouraging both students and academics to improve the quality of their teaching and learning by using the wide range of new technologies effectively, this work highlights some of the pros and cons of technology, critically evaluating the technological process and its potential in the field. Encouraging the social science community to take an increasingly active role in this debate, the contributors examine key isues and emphasize areas in need of attention.

Teaching with Technology in the Social Sciences

Author : Benjamin Luke Moorhouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819984181
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Teaching with Technology in the Social Sciences by : Benjamin Luke Moorhouse

Download or read book Teaching with Technology in the Social Sciences written by Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2021, the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, the funding body for higher education in Hong Kong, initiated a scheme and associated grant fund with the aim of enhancing the use of technology for teaching in higher education institutions in Hong Kong. In the Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, the funding was used to support colleagues in various disciplines to develop teaching and learning projects that capitalized on technology to improve the educational experiences of students. In this book, seven project teams from five disciplines, Education, Geography, History, Social Work, and Sociology, share their technological innovations. Each chapter presents the design, implementation, challenges, benefits, and impact on student learning and experiences of each innovative project. Lecturers, professors and curriculum designers engaged in teaching and learning will find this book an invaluable resource as it provides ways to integrate technology into their teaching practices. Scholars of teaching and learning (SoTL) will also find the book a useful reference for up-to-date technological and pedagogical practices in the social science disciplines.

Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology

Author : Steering Committee on Research Opportunities Relating to Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309521750
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology by : Steering Committee on Research Opportunities Relating to Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications

Download or read book Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology written by Steering Committee on Research Opportunities Relating to Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-09-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tremendous growth in use of information technology (IT) has led to an increased interest in understanding its social and economic impacts. This book presents examples of crosscutting research that has been conducted to understand the impact of information technology on personal, community, and business activities. It explores ways in which the use of methodology from economics and social sciences contributes to important advances in understanding these impacts. The book discusses significant research issues and concerns and suggests approaches for fostering increased interdisciplinary research on the impacts of information technology and making the results of this research more accessible to the public and policymakers. This volume is expected to influence funding priorities and levels of support for interdisciplinary research of this kind.

Research Training for Social Scientists

Author : Dawn Burton
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446235513
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Research Training for Social Scientists by : Dawn Burton

Download or read book Research Training for Social Scientists written by Dawn Burton and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With indispensable advice for students from all social science backgrounds, this handbook provides the core conceptual and practical skills to embark on succesful research. The organization of the book reflects the knowledge that is required in order to become a competent and effective researcher. It follows the life-cycle of the research project: it begins with a discussion of ethical and philosphical issues; presents guides to both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis; provides help on using computers in research; and includes advice on how to write up and present a research project. Based on the UK Economic and Social Research Council advice on the training which students should undertake in preparation for postgraduate research, this book will be invaluable for all beginning researchers.