Technology and Society: Social Networks, Power, and Inequality - Couverture souple

Quan-Haase, Anabel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019901471X ISBN 13 : 9780199014712

Editeur : Oxford University Press, Canada, 2015

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Anabel Quan-Haase is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies as well as the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, where her work and teaching focuses on the technology and its effects on society, as well as computer-mediated communication. She is also the director of the Sociodigital Lab, which explores how information and communication technologies lead to social change. Some of her current projects involve examining the impact of the e-book and electronic networks of exchange on humanist scholarship, 'breakup 2.0' (ending relationships in era of digital communication), facets of serendipity in everyday chance encounters, and the media's role in disaster early-warning systems in Brazil. She has also authored numerous book chapters and journal articles on instant messaging, social networking, information technology, and internet use.

Présentation de l'éditeur

From crude tools in the Stone Age to smartphones in the twenty-first century, technology has always had a pervasive role in human life. In this timely study, Anabel Quan-Haase examines the places where technology and society intersect, connecting the reality of our technological age to issues of social networks, communication, work, power, and inequality. The result is a broad yet efficient overview of the tools we use, where they come from, and how they are changing our perceptions of ourselves and the relationships we form with others. This fully revised second edition includes a new chapter on gender and technology, increased coverage of the history of technology, classical theories, and ethical considerations throughout.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Canada
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 019901471X
• ISBN 13: 9780199014712
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 336