Social Inclusion and Usability of ICT-enabled Services.
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2017
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138935556
Publisert
2017-11-03
Utgiver
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Routledge
Vekt
900 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384
Biographical note
Jyoti Choudrie holds the position of Professor of Information Systems at University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Panayiota Tsatsou is an Associate Professor at the University of Leicester, UK.
Sherah Kurnia is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing and Information Systems, the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Social Inclusion and Usability of Innovative ICT-enabled Services is a cutting-edge research book written for researchers, students, academics, technology experts, activists and policy makers. The book explores a wide range of issues concerning innovative ICT-enabled digital services, their usability and their consequent role in social inclusion, It includes the impacts of the use of ICT-enabled digital services on individuals, organisations, governments and society, and offers a theoretically informed and empirically rich account of the socio-technical, management and policy aspects of social inclusion and innovative ICT-enabled digital services. This publication offers insights from the perspectives of Information Systems, Media and Communications, Management and Social Policy, drawing on research from these disciplines to inform readers on diverse aspects of social inclusion and usability of innovative ICT-enabled digital services. The originality of this book lies in the combination of socio-technical, management and policy perspectives offered by the contributors, and integrated by the editors, as well as in the interdisciplinary and both theoretically framed and empirically rich features of the various chapters of the book. While providing a timely account of existing evidence and debates in the field of social inclusion and technology usability, this book will also offer some original insights into what practitioners, experts and researchers are to expect in the near future to be the emerging issues and agendas concerning the role of technology usability in social inclusion and the emerging forms and attributes of the latter. Through a collection of high quality, peer reviewed papers; Social Inclusion and Usability of Innovative ICT-enabled Services will enhance knowledge of social inclusion and usability of innovative ICT-enabled digital services and applications at a diverse level.
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Social Inclusion and Usability of Innovative ICT-enabled Services is a cutting-edge research book written for researchers, students, academics, technology experts, activists and policy makers. The book explores a wide range of issues concerning innovative ICT-enabled digital services, their usability and their consequent role in social inclusion
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Part 1: Examining the Theoretical Foundations of Social Inclusion and ICT-Enabled Services1. Social Inclusion and ICTs: a Literature Review Through the Lens of the Capability ApproachEfpraxia D. Zamani2. Connectivity: A Socio-technical Construct to Examine ICT-enabled ServiceChristoph F. Breidbach3. Re-conceptualizing Social Inclusion in the Context of 21st Century Smart CitiesH. Patricia McKenna4. Enhancing Social Inclusion Through Optimal Community Participation Levels in ICT4D ProjectsArthur Glenn Maail, Sherah Kurnia , and Shanton ChangPart 2: ICT-Enabled Services of Value to Society and Organisations5. Understanding the Impact of Political Structure, Governance and Public Policy on e-GovernmentDavid J. Yates, Girish J. "Jeff" Gulati, and Christine B. Williams6. ICT-enabled E-entertainment Services in United States Counties: Socio-Economic Determinants and Geographic PatternsAvijit Sarkar, James Pick, and Jessica Rosales7. E-health as an Enabler of Social InclusionKen Clarke, Adam Lodders, Robyn Garnett, Anne Holland, Rodrigo Mariño, and Zaher Joukhadar8. Challenging the Cost of Higher Education with the Assistance of Digital Tools: Case Studies of Protest Activity in Canada and the United StatesVictoria Carty9. Telework Impact on Productivity and Wellbeing: An Australian StudyRachelle Bosua, Sherah Kurnia, Marianne Gloet, and Antonette Mendoza10. Supporting Regional Food Supply Chains with an E-Commerce ApplicationSherah Kurnia, Md Mahbubur Rahim, Serenity Hill, Kirsten Larsen, Patrice Braun, Danny Samson, and Prakash SinghPart 3: Adoption, Usage and Management Aspects Surrounding Social Inclusion and Usability of ICT-Enabled Services11. Digital Divides, Usability and Social Inclusion: Evidence from the Field of E-Services in the UKBianca C. Reisdorf and Darja Groselj12. Mobility of Work: Usability of Digital Infrastructures and Technological DivideMohammad Hossein Jarrahi and Luke Williamson13. Overcoming Obstacles to Activism with ICTs: An Analysis of MoveOn.Org and the Florida Tea Party MovementDeana A. Rohlinger and Shawn Gaulden14. Social Inclusion, Farmer Resignation and the Challenges of Information Technology ImplementationRanjan Vaidya15. Smartphones Adoption and Usage of 50+ Adults in the United KingdomJyoti Choudrie, Sutee Pheeraphuttharangkoon, and Uchenna Ojiako16. Literacy and Identity Links Forging Digital Inclusion? Critical Reflections and Signposts from a Qualitative StudyPanayiota Tsatsou, Gillian Youngs, and Carolyn WattConclusionPanayiota Tsatsou, Sherah Kurnia, and Jyoti Choudrie
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138935556
Publisert
2017-11-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
900 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384
Biographical note
Jyoti Choudrie holds the position of Professor of Information Systems at University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Panayiota Tsatsou is an Associate Professor at the University of Leicester, UK.
Sherah Kurnia is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing and Information Systems, the University of Melbourne, Australia.