Smart-tech Society: Convenience, Control, and Resistance - Couverture souple

Whitehead, Mark; Collier, William G.A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1035342987 ISBN 13 : 9781035342983

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

Informed by the latest theoretical developments in studies of the social impacts of digital technology, Smart-Tech Society provides an empirically grounded and conceptually informed analysis of the impacts and paradoxes of smart-technology.

While making life more convenient, smart-tech has also been associated with a loss of privacy and control over decision-making autonomy. Mark Whitehead and William Collier provide a critical analysis of the lived experience of smart-technology, presenting stories of varied social engagements with digital platforms and devices. Chapters explore the myriad contexts in and through which smart-tech insinuates itself within everyday life, the benefits it brings, and the processes through which it is being resisted. Detailed case studies explore the impacts of smart-technology across a broad range of fields including personal health, work, social life, urban management, and politics.

Presenting new empirical evidence and analytical perspectives on the relationships between humans and smart-tech, this book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of sociology, political science, human geography, and technology studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Whitehead, Professor of Human Geography and William G.A. Collier, Researcher, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences,Aberystwyth University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1035342987
• ISBN 13: 9781035342983
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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