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Information Technology and Society: A Reader
ISBN: 9780803979819 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The social, political and technological implications of the information revolution are the focus of this textbook. It explores the major social and technological issues surrounding the introduction of information technology into everyday life.
The social, political and technological implications of the information revolution are the focus of this textbook. It explores the major social and te...
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364,51 |
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Social Systems
ISBN: 9780804726252 / Angielski / Miękka / 684 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A major challenge confronting contemporary theory is to overcome its fixation on written narratives and the culture of print. In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Germany's most prominent and controversial social thinker sets out a contribution to sociology that reworks our understanding of meaning and communication. Luhmann concedes that there is no longer a binding representation of society within society, but refuses to describe this situation as a loss of legitimation or a crisis of representation. Instead, he proposes that we search for new ways of coping with the...
A major challenge confronting contemporary theory is to overcome its fixation on written narratives and the culture of print. In this presentation of ...
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Electronic Collaboration in Science
ISBN: 9780805831061 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increasingly sophisticated and powerful information technology we are creating plays an ever more prominent role in facilitating interaction and cooperation in everyday life. The time has come to harness it in the service of scientific research. This pathbreaking book describes the technical and social challenges and opportunities of electronic collaboration and offers specific examples of the ways in which it has not only facilitated but in some cases enabled work by scientists. Key players all, the chapter authors illuminate the general issues with their first-hand accounts. Very few...
The increasingly sophisticated and powerful information technology we are creating plays an ever more prominent role in facilitating interaction and c...
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Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, & Culture
ISBN: 9780805848496 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Online Communication provides an introduction to both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications. This innovative and timely textbook brings together current work in communication, political science, philosophy, popular culture, history, economics, and the humanities to present an examination of the theoretical and critical issues in the study of computer-mediated communication. Continuing the model of the best-selling first edition, authors Andrew F. Wood and Matthew J. Smith introduce computer-mediated communication (CMC) as a subject of academic research...
Online Communication provides an introduction to both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications. This innovative and t...
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Humanizing Information Technology
ISBN: 9780810849563 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ideas of information as an autonomous variable and of the primacy of theoretical knowledge have been recurrent themes in discussions of the information society. In this series of eight essays, Julian Warner provides a contrasting perspective on: Developing a manifesto for the study of information technologies in human history, Ways in which information technology is differentiated from standard economic concept of productive technology, Historical perspective to copyright, electronic communication and information retrieval, The meta-object distinction as manifested in information...
The ideas of information as an autonomous variable and of the primacy of theoretical knowledge have been recurrent themes in discussions of the inform...
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Copyrighting Culture : The Political Economy Of Intellectual Property
ISBN: 9780813333045 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system, Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property. Beginning with a critical interpretation of copyright history in the United States, Bettig goes on to explore such crucial issues as the videocassette recorder and the control of copyrights, the invention of cable television and the first challenge to the filmed entertainment copyright system, the politics and economics of intellectual property as...
Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system, Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wea...
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Hacking Cyberspace
ISBN: 9780813336695 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Hacking Cyberspace David J. Gunkel examines the metaphors applied to new technologies, and how those metaphors inform, shape, and drive the implementation of the technology in question. The author explores the metaphorical tropes that have been employed to describe and evaluate recent advances in computer technology, telecommunications systems, and interactive media. Taking the stance that no speech is value-neutral, Gunkel examines such metaphors as "the information superhighway" and "the electronic frontier" for their political and social content, and he develops a critical...
In Hacking Cyberspace David J. Gunkel examines the metaphors applied to new technologies, and how those metaphors inform, shape, and drive the ...
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Art of the Motor
ISBN: 9780816625710 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Art of the Motor includes analyses of such recent developments as nanotechnology and virtual reality. It conjures a world in which information is speed and duration is no more. Information as speed? This, Paul Virilio tells us, is the third dimension of matter-the speed of the transmission of information has collapsed the extension of the dimension of space and the duration of the dimension of time.
The Art of the Motor includes analyses of such recent developments as nanotechnology and virtual reality. It conjures a world in which information is ...
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98,90 |
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Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor: Toward a Strategy for Universal Access
ISBN: 9780821351215 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development community in general and the World Bank in particular recognize the importance of access to telecommunications as an element within the agenda of economic development and poverty reduction. The World Bank has adopted a strategy that includes universal access to telecommunications as a goal. This paper outlines various approaches that can be integrated to help close the 'access gap' to telecommunications where needed. These include: designing and implementing appropriate policies and regulations; acquiring both government subsidies and private investment funds; building...
The development community in general and the World Bank in particular recognize the importance of access to telecommunications as an element within th...
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112,08 |
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Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines
ISBN: 9780822338390 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Information Please advances the ongoing critical project of the media scholar Mark Poster: theorizing the social and cultural effects of electronically mediated information. In this book Poster conceptualizes a new relation of humans to information machines, a relation that avoids privileging either the human or the machine but instead focuses on the structures of their interactions. Synthesizing a broad range of critical theory, he explores how texts, images, and sounds are made different when they are mediated by information machines, how this difference affects individuals as well...
Information Please advances the ongoing critical project of the media scholar Mark Poster: theorizing the social and cultural effects of electr...
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140,56 |
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Designing Instruction for Library Users: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780824778200 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Living with Cyberspace: Technology & Society in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780826460363 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cyberspace and cybertechnology have impacted on every aspect of our lives. Western society, culture, politics and economics are now all intricately bound with cyberspace. Living With Cyberspace brings together the leading cyber-theorists of North America, Britain and Australia to map the present and the future of cyberspace.Presenting a guidebook to our new world, both the theory and the practice, the book covers subjects as diverse as androids, biotech, electronic commerce, the acceleration of everyday life, access to information, the alliance between the military and the entertainment...
Cyberspace and cybertechnology have impacted on every aspect of our lives. Western society, culture, politics and economics are now all intricately bo...
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Customer Relationship Management Systems Handbook
ISBN: 9780849311437 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of customer relationship management (CRM) has grown from the loosely defined methodology of using customer transactions for developing profiles on customers to the well-defined business process of using sophisticated tools and analytical processes for managing each customer on an individual basis. CRM integrates e-mail and the PDA with the day planner, electronic scheduler, client database, and a number of other business management tools so you can create a single point from which to manage customer relationships.
The Customer Relationship Management Systems Handbook provides... The concept of customer relationship management (CRM) has grown from the loosely defined methodology of using customer transactions for developing pro...
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618,45 |
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Making Supply Chain Management Work: Design, Implementation, Partnerships, Technology, and Profits
ISBN: 9780849312731 / Angielski / Twarda / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Any supply chain improvement project, even if well conceived, has a good chance of failing, unless the accompanying information technology enables the design. Being prepared, understanding the risks and how to reduce them, will give you the edge you need. Combining a technology focus with practical advice, Making Supply Chain Management Work: Design, Implementation, Partnerships, Technology, and Profits gives you the tools to not only design new supply chains, but to design them effectively.
The book begins with an introduction to SCM. It identifies and describes the five management tasks... Any supply chain improvement project, even if well conceived, has a good chance of failing, unless the accompanying information technology enables the...
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766,88 |
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Implementing the It Balanced Scorecard: Aligning It with Corporate Strategy
ISBN: 9780849326219 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. < P> The goals of an IT balanced scorecard include the alignment of IT plans with business objectives, the establishment of measures of IT effectiveness, the directing of employee efforts toward IT objectives, the improved performance of technology, and the achievement of balanced results across stakeholder groups. CIOs, CTOs, and other technical managers can achieve these goals by considering multiple perspectives, long- and short-term objectives, and how the IT scorecard is linked to other scorecards throughout their organizations. Implementing the IT Balanced Scorecard: Aligning IT...
< P> The goals of an IT balanced scorecard include the alignment of IT plans with business objectives, the establishment of measures of IT effectivene...
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667,93 |
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The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards
ISBN: 9780849370175 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is essential for a corporation to not only survive but thrive in today's global outsourcing environment. The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards is a comprehensive and accessible resource that assists an organization in deciding whether it will benefit from pursuing-or not pursuing-such an endeavor.
The author, an 18-year veteran of the IT industry, is an experienced consultant, software developer, manager, and entrepreneur. Providing an authoritative and unbiased view, he helps the reader navigate through a number of offshore outsourcing issues related to software... It is essential for a corporation to not only survive but thrive in today's global outsourcing environment. The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks a...
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568,97 |
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Information Security Cost Management
ISBN: 9780849392757 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While information security is an ever-present challenge for all types of organizations today, most focus on providing security without addressing the necessities of staff, time, or budget in a practical manner.
Information Security Cost Management offers a pragmatic approach to implementing information security, taking budgetary and real-world constraints into consideration. By providing frameworks, step-by-step processes, and project management breakdowns, this book demonstrates how to design the best security strategy with the resources you have available. While information security is an ever-present challenge for all types of organizations today, most focus on providing security without addressing the ...
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568,97 |
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The Language of Compliance: A Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Extended Definitions
ISBN: 9780972903936 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With more than 3,000 entries, "The Language of Compliance" is the only glossary endorsed by the Unified Compliance Framework) resource for IT acronyms, terms, and extended definitions. It covers the terms found in HIPAA, SOX, GLB, CobiT, ISO 17799 and 27001, BCI, BSI, ISSF, and more than 100 other regulatory bodies and standards agencies. (Computer Books)
With more than 3,000 entries, "The Language of Compliance" is the only glossary endorsed by the Unified Compliance Framework) resource for IT acronyms...
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146,21 |
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Strategy for Successful Development of Information Systems
ISBN: 9780978996819 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guide is based on data-driven requirements strategy, and the use of prototyping to evolve the business information system's design until all the fundamental requirements have surfaced, been tested, and been agreed to by users. All the techniques in the book are based on a real metadata repository and a business information system generator. Screen shots from both are included. (Computer Books)
This guide is based on data-driven requirements strategy, and the use of prototyping to evolve the business information system's design until all the ...
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271,03 |
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Web Search: Public Searching of the Web
ISBN: 9781402022685 / Angielski / Twarda / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together results from the Web search studies we conducted from 1997 through 2004. The aim of our studies has been twofold: to examine how the public at large searches the Web and to highlight trends in public Web searching. The eight-year period from 1997 to 2004 saw the beginnings and maturity of public Web searching. Commercial Web search engines have come and gone, or endured, through the fall of the dot.com companies. We saw the rise and, in some cases, the demise of several high profile, publicly available Web search engines. The study of the Web search is an exciting...
This book brings together results from the Web search studies we conducted from 1997 through 2004. The aim of our studies has been twofold: to examine...
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404,42 |