Society and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781032173375 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str.

Ewa Lechman; Magdalena Popowska

Opis

This book offers broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies (ICT) impact social development and contribute to social welfare.

Recenzje

"Understanding how information technology contributes to societal development through social responsibility is a timely question. The authors of this book provide a very interesting and complete picture of socially responsible technologies that guide both scholars and practitioners." — Duygu Turker, Yasar University, Turkey

Spis treści

1 ICT and social development: conceptual considerations.  2 I, Robot: between angel and evil  3 Next-generation networks as neneral-purpose technologies: the impact on economic development  4 After access: the importance of social capital and Internet use for human development  5 The regional shaping of ICT: exploring the links between ICT research, innovation and diffusion  6 Forecasting business software piracy rates: a machine-learning approach  7 ICT for education and health care systems: potentialities and discrepancies in low- and high-income countries  8 Role of social media and digital skills in adoption of online shopping in selected EU countries  9 ICT as challenging driver for social transformations in Serbia  10 The impact of ICT and digitalization on consumer purchase behaviour of Millennials as emerging economic and social force: the case of Serbia  11 Forecasting risks and challenges of digital innovations: towards a Socially Responsible Design agenda  12 Internationalization of an educational software as a service (EduSaaS) company  13 Evaluation of a company’s image on social media using the Net Sentiment Rate

O autorze

Ewa Lechman is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Management and Economics at Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland. Since 2017 she has been Vice-Dean for Development and a PhD Programme Director.

Magdalena Popowska is a researcher and lecturer of Organization Science and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland.