Information Technologies and Social Transformation

✍ Scribed by National Academy of Engineering, Bruce R. Guile

Publisher: National Academies Press
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Leaves: 184
Series: Series on Technology and Social Priorities
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This collection of papers by scholars of technology and society, based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include recent developments and likely futures in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and the interaction of information technology with businesses, homes, property rights in information, and various hierarchies of social organization.

✦ Subjects

Computers & Technology;Business Technology;Certification;Computer Science;Databases & Big Data;Digital Audio, Video & Photography;Games & Strategy Guides;Graphics & Design;Hardware & DIY;History & Culture;Internet & Social Media;Mobile Phones, Tablets & E-Readers;Networking & Cloud Computing;Operating Systems;Programming;Programming Languages;Security & Encryption;Software;Web Development & Design;Mathematics;Applied;Geometry & Topology;History;Infinity;Mathematical Analysis;Matrices;Number Syst

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