Examining the Roles of It and Social Media in Democratic Development and Social Change - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 179981792X ISBN 13 : 9781799817925

Editeur : Business Science Reference, 2019

Synopsis

Social media has emerged as a powerful tool that reaches a wide audience with minimum time and effort. It has a diverse role in society and human life and can boost the visibility of information that allows citizens the ability to play a vital role in creating and fostering social change. This practice can have both positive and negative consequences on society. Examining the Roles of IT and Social Media in Democratic Development and Social Change is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of social media within community development and democracy. While highlighting topics including information capitalism, ethical issues, and e-governance, this book is ideally designed for social workers, politicians, public administrators, sociologists, journalists, policymakers, government administrators, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on social advancement and change through social media and technology.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Vikas Kumar received his MSc in Electronics from Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India. This was followed by MSc in Computer Science and further PhD from the same university. He is a life member of Indian Science Congress Association, Computer Society of India, IETE, ICEIE, IPA, VEDA, IVS and Magnetic Society of India. Along with 15 books, he has more than 100 research papers to his credit in various national and international conferences and journals. Presently, he is serving at Central University of Haryana, India and is a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore and University of Northern Iowa, USA.

Geetika Malhotra is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Social Work, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, India. She earned her doctorate from Kurukshetra University, India on the topic of “Child Labour in Informal Sector: A Study of Child Rag Pickers in Delhi”. Earlier, she did her Masters in Social Work from the Panjab University, India and has been a Gold Medalist in this course. She has participated in SWACHH SHAKTI 2017 programme and received a certificate from Prime Minister of India. She also served as project coordinator of “UTTHAN”, a collaborated project of Delhi University and Lion International Club, India. She also served as research assistant, University of North Texas, America. She has authored a number of books and research papers in reputed journals, national and international conferences. Her areas of interest include child labour, women and child development, community health, domestic violence against women and self-help groups.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Business Science Reference
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 179981792X
• ISBN 13: 9781799817925
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Kumar Vikas, Malhotra Geetika
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