Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Social Aspects

In the last two decades, new communication technologies have dramatically changed the world in which mental health professionals and their patients live. Developments such as e-mail, online chat groups, Web pages, search engines, and electronic databases are directly or indirectly affecting most people's routines and expectations. Other developments are poised to do so in the near future. Already, for example, patients are acquiring both good and bad advice and information on the Web; many expect to be able to reach their therapists by e-mail. And already there is pressure from third party...

Wie kann und soll Geschlecht bei der Gestaltung von Bedienoberflachen berucksichtigt werden? Dieses Buch beschaftigt sich mit Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability und User Experience (UX) unter Gendergesichtspunkten, berucksichtigt dabei neben der Perspektive der Gender Studies, der Psychologie, der Wissenschafts- und Technikstudien auch das Zusammenwirken von Theorie und Praxis, von forscherischen und wirtschaftlichen Fragestellungen. Die verschiedenen Blickwinkel und Herangehensweisen, wissenschaftlichen Ansatze und Theorien, die in diesem Buch vereint sind, spiegeln wider, wie...

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This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and disseminated. The text describes and evaluates a project in Sweden that documented the stories of around 700 people. The book also provides a critical discussion on the interpretation of oral evidence, presenting three case studies on how this evidence can inform us about the interaction of computing with large-scale transformations in economies, cultures, and societies. Features: describes a...