New Technologies in Global Societies - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9812568123 ISBN 13 : 9789812568120

Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Technological advancements in the West since the last millennium have contributed to global modernity. Technologies set conditions for the closeness of the nation-states and for the affinity of the global and the local. They are also penetrating everyday life, and even sometimes the body, producing radical social changes. Yet, arguing that new technologies bring a new life and a promising future to global societies remains a questionable thesis.This book attempts to explore the relationship between new technologies and global societies, to gain an understanding of how the positive as well as negative influences of technologies bear on global societies, how their practices of use are resisted or re-interpreted by these societies, and how their social meaning is constituted through the process of negotiation with these societies. Part 1 is on science, technology, culture, and the body; Part 2 is on new media and generations, and Part 3 is on information and communication technologies (ICTs) and work.This book has been selected for coverage in: Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings(R) (ISSHP(R)/ISI Proceedings)Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP CDROM version/ISI Proceedings)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9812568123
• ISBN 13: 9789812568120
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Éditeur: Law Pui-Lam, Fortunati Leopoldina, Yang Shanhua
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible