Social Dimensions of Information Technology-Issues For The New Millenium: Issues for the New Millennium - Softcover

Garson, G. David

 
9781878289865: Social Dimensions of Information Technology-Issues For The New Millenium: Issues for the New Millennium
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1878289861 ISBN 13: 9781878289865
Publisher: IGI Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This anthology brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the revolution in information technology. The chapters cover social, political, educational, personal, and international dimensions of information technology impacts. Each chapter focuses on different aspects of the effects of computing and the new information technologies that have accelerated every area of human life.

Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium raises important issues with profound implications for public policy and societal development.

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About the Author

G. David Garson is a full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on American government, research methodology, computer applications, and geographic information systems. He was the recipient of the Donald Campbell Award (1995) from the policy studies organization, American Political Science Association, for outstanding contributions to policy research methodology and of the Aaron Wildavsky Book Award (1997) from the same organization. He is the author of Guide to Writing Quantitative Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Dekker, 2001), Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), and Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995). In addition he is editor of Social Dimensions of Information Technology (2000), Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (1999), and the Handbook of Public Information Systems (1999). He has also authored or edited 17 other books and authored more than 50 articles. For the last 20 years he has served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review and is on the editorial board of four additional journals.

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Publisher
IGI Publishing
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1878289861
ISBN 13 
9781878289865
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
362