Author : Lars Qvortrup
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027280002
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Book Synopsis The Social Significance of Telematics by : Lars Qvortrup
Download or read book The Social Significance of Telematics written by Lars Qvortrup and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assumption underlying this book is that we are facing a societal transformation, a “silent revolution” in fact, with consequences at least as far reaching as those of the Industrial Revolution. The author of this book wants to intervene in the current discussion about this revolution, a discussion which is normally colored by a resigned determinism maintaining that the transformation will come about all by itself as an automatic consequence of the development of technology. As opposed to this, the author wants to politicize the debate by insisting on the fact that this silent revolution is not inextricably tied to the automatically whirring computer discs of technological development, but is dependent on a number of political choices.