Computers and Networks in the Age of Globalization :
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[Book]
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IFIP TC9 Fifth World Conference on Human Choice and Computers August 25-28, 1998, Geneva, Switzerland.
First Statement of Responsibility
Leif Bloch Rasmussen
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Boston
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Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001
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(388 pages)
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COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION; Editor's page; Copyright; CONTENTS; COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION; Editor's page; Copyright; CONTENTS; Prologue; Part I People and Their Changing Values; THE EXCLUSIVE SOCIETY --;ELDERLY PEOPLE AND ICT; AN INTERVENTION PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN IN COMPUTING COURSES: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?; INFORMATICA FEMINALE: A PLACE FOR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES; THE SUSEC SCHOOL PROJECT: INTRODUCING COMPUTER SECURITY TO TEACHERS AND PUPILS; A NEW MODEL FOR INTEGRATED COMPUTING SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION. SHIFTING VALUES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESPart II Citizenship in a Network Society; BELGIAN 'DIGITAL CITIES': A SAMPLE OF FRENCH-SPEAKING WEBSITES; CONSUMER RELATED LEGAL ASPECTS OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: THE CASE OF DENMARK; THE GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: PRIVACY THREATS AND PRIVACY TECHNOLOGIES; THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND THE DILUTION OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE; ETHICS AND THE GOVERNANCE OF THE INTERNET: RECOMMENDATIONS OF IFIP --;SIG9.2.2; PUBLIC INTEREST ISSUES IN THE GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY: IS THERE A ROLE FOR PUBLIC AUTHORITIES? THE VALUATION OF THE POLISH INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT LEVEL IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER SELECTED COUNTRIESPart III The Individual and the Knowledge Based Organisation; THE COMPUTING PROFESSION IN THE ERA OF VIRTUAL ORGANISING; STANDARDISATION, INNOVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Part IV Human Responsibility and Technology; INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES FOR INTERNET BROADCASTING TO HOME-BASED USERS; VISUALISATION OF COMMUNICATION IN COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF DRAWINGS; COMPUTER ASSISTED NEUROPHYSIOLOGY BY A DISTRIBUTED JAVA PROGRAM. XNBC: SIMULATING BIOLOGICAL NEURAL NETWORKS1TELEMEDICINE: THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE --;A CASE STUDY OF TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES; PartV Exclusion and Regeneration; TOWARDS THE VIRTUAL HOME: CONSTRUING THE MULTIMEDIA-HOME TO ENHANCE CULTURAL AND BIOGRAPHIC CONTINUITY; NEW SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF A DEVELOPING COUNTRY: COMPUTERISATION IN BRAZIL; CONCERNING THE VIRTUAL IN THE REAL; SIX WORKS OF ART AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING; THE PROCESS OF ETHICS; SIGNS OF EXFORMATION SYSTEMS; Epilogue; INDEX OF CONTRIBUTORS.