The Second Edition of Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social
Choices is a collection of 78 articles that examine the social aspects of computerization from …

'The information society'refers to a constellation of developments arising from the growing
use of communication technologies in the acquisition, storage, and processing of …

This major reference work represents the first attempt to confront, on a world-wide basis, the
way computer associations face up to their own responsibilities in an age increasingly …

The main premise of this article is that in information societies generally, and in virtual social
contexts particularly, a distinctive style of interaction to facilitate the communication of …

Inhaltsangabe: Abstract: Building on approaches that have succeeded in applying semiotic
principles and methodology to computer science, such as computer semiotics …

Looking back over the 1990s, it is easy to see the widespread troubles of many ventures that
depended upon advanced IT applications, including business process re‐engineering …

L'expression (ou syntagme) Société de l'Information bénéficie d'une histoire déjà longue
(une quarantaine d'années) marquée par l'échec de plusieurs tentatives pour la …

In this paper, based on the knowledge elaborated through different research projects carried
out in recent years, I first argue the difficulty of creating discourses and proposals from the …

At long intervals the same question is raised:'Are we technicians, scientists, users of
technology responsible for the problems that are caused by the introduction of …

The common view of information is rooted in a mathematical tradition which considers
information as an object to be exchanged. Many researchers, including analysts working in …