An exploration of technology and its social impact / edited by Savvas A. Katsikides.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Chapter One; Abstract; Introduction; 1.1 Social Change; 1.2 A Theoretical Approach to Social Class; 1.3 Social Theory around Technology; 1.4 Empirical Studies on Technology and Labour; 1.5 The Conceptualisation of Innovation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter Two; Abstract; Introduction; 2.1 Organisation and Change; 2.2 Implications and Requirements in the Age of Computerisation; 2.3 Explaining Technology in a Sociological Context of Analysis; 2.4 The Autonomous Reflexion System (ARS); 2.5 Social Actions in the Technical World; 2.6 Interests and Participation; Conclusion.

6.3 Mobilisation through the New Technological Tools6.4 Activists' Role and the Technological Obstacles; 6.5 The Public Space in the Internet Age; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter Seven; Abstract; 7.1 The Internet as History; 7.2 Internet, Identity, and the Network Society; 7.3 The "Space of Flows" and the New Economy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter Eight; Bibliography.

This book provides a set of important articles dealing with technology's role and its social impact within the new information age. Taking into consideration the rapid changes within the modern social sphere, the book will be of interest to those seeking to understand how technology is currently reshaping life, as well as its capacity to influence social change in the contemporary era. The book is of analytical and critical value, and concerns vital research issues within the context of the emerging information age. It draws together research devoted to key questions examining the relationship.

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