Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society An IFIP TC9 (Computers and Society) Handbook /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berleur, Jacques (Editor), Avgerou, Chrisanthi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 179
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; Education > Data processing.; Computers and civilization.; Law and legislation.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Computers and Education.; Computing Milieux.; Legal Aspects of Computing.

Governments, the media, the information technology industry and scientists publicly argue that information and communication technologies (ICT) will bring about an inevitable transition from "industrial" to "information" or "knowledge-based" economies and societies. It...

Table of Contents:

• Policies on Information and Communication Technology in Society
• Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Africa
• ICT in China: A strong Force to Boost Economic and Social development
• ICT Policies of the European Union: From an Information Society to eEurope. Trends and visions
• The Information Society in the Asia-Pacific Region India and Australia
• IT STAR in Central and Eastern Europe — A Synergy of a Goodwill
• Controlling and Enhancing the Information Society in the United States
• The Information (Society) Race
• The Information Society: Issues of Major Concern
• The Relation of Computers and Work
• The Information Society and its Consequences: Lessons from the Past
• Historic, Contemporary, and Future Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on People with Impairments
• Ethics of Computing
• Ethical Questions on the Governance of the Internet
• The Home in the Information Society
• Information society and the Digital Divide Problem in Developing Countries
• Symbolic and Structuring Effects of the Internet on Privacy
• Integrating Historical and Societal Contexts in the Computing Curricula
• The Role of the Information Society Model in Education in the United States
• Working with Information Systems — the Role of the Professional
• Collaboration and Research Methods.