Annual Editions: Technologies, Social Media, and Society 12/13

18. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-07-352873-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 271 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

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Autoren/Hrsg.

De Palma, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Annual Editions: Technologies, Social Media, and Society 12/13, Eighteenth EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUnit 1: IntroductionUnit Overview1. Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change, Neil Postman, New Tech `98 Conference, March 27, 1998Postman suggests that computer technology is too important to be left entirely to the technologists. "Embedded in every technology," he says, "is a powerful idea."2. Moore's Law and Technological Determinism: Reflections on the History of Technology, Paul E. Ceruzzi, Technology and Culture, July 2005"The steady and unstoppable march of semiconductor density" leads this writer to make the unfashionable claim that "in at least one instance, raw technological determinism is at work."3. A Passion for Objects, Sherry Turkle, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 30, 2008Science, like every human endeavor these days, is suffused with computers. Turns out that computers with their now-an-object, now-not-an-object shape shifting might not be what young minds drawn to science need.Unit 2: The EconomyUnit Overview4. The Revolution Will Not Be Monetized, Bob Garfield, IEEE Spectrum, June 2011An irreverent look at an impossible task: predicting winners in the tech marketplace.5. How Google Dominates Us, James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, August 18, 2011"In barely a decade Google has made itself a global brand bigger than Coca-Cola or GE: it has created more wealth faster than any company in history." How has its corporate motto, "Don't be evil," fared in a company now awash in money?6. Click Trajectories: End-to-End Analysis of the Spam Value Chain, Kirill Levchencko, et al., IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2011An international team of computer scientists have discovered that the flood of spam washing through in boxes around the world is surprisingly vulnerable.Unit 3: Work and the WorkplaceUnit Overview7. Automation on the Job, Brian Hayes, American Scientist, January/February 2009Not all that long ago, "nearly everyone agreed that people would be working less once computers and other kinds of automatic machinery became widespread." Instead those of us who are working are working more. Why?8. Computer Software Engineers and Computer Programmers, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010–2011"Computer software engineers are one of the occupations projected to grow the fastest and add the most new jobs over the 2008–18 decade," this despite years of worry that high-tech jobs are being shipped abroad.9. Computer Scientists, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010–2011Computer scientists do research into all aspects of computing, from chip design to robotics to virtual reality. In the process, they "are the designers, creators, and inventors of new technology." According to the BLS, "job prospects should be excellent."10. Women, Mathematics, and Computing, Paul De Palma, Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, 2006Women remain underrepresented in the computer industry despite countless articles and proposals.Unit 4: Computers, People, and Social ParticipationUnit Overview11. Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr, The Atlantic, July 2008Here is one commentator who wor