Information Technologies and Social Transformation

This collection of papers by scholars of technology and society, based on a National Academy of Engineering symposium, explores the process of mutual adjustment between information technologies and social institutions. The topics addressed include recent developments and likely futures in information technology, comparison of information technology to historical developments in other technologies, and the interaction of information technology with businesses, homes, property rights in information, and various hierarchies of social organization.

Table of Contents
Front MatterIntroductionThe Evolution of Information TechnologiesComments by Ernest S. KuhThe Information Age: Evolution or Revolution?Comments by Gunnar HambraeusThe Twilight of Hierarchy: Speculations on the Global Information SocietyComments by Alexander H. FlaxProperty Rights in InformationComments by Jordan J. BaruchInformation Technologies in the HomeComments by Roland W. SchmittComputers and BusinessComments by Ruth M. DavisAbout the Authors

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• ISBN: 9780309035293
• Number of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm