Social Issues of Computing

This book focuses around the social and ethic issues that companies face everyday in doing business. It is a collection of 37 articles from experts in the social issues of computing, exploring the most pressing issues in information technology today. The chapters are fresh, informative, timely, and authoritative. The readings cover such themes as views of computing, the information society, computers and organizations, computer-based monitoring, security and reliability, and privacy, ethics, and the internet. A book from a leading author in the IT field, this collection of articles is an excellent resource for computer-based business owners, managers, and employees. Its excellent section on the Internet makes this a must-read for owners/managers of Internet-based businesses.

ISBN	0131406604	Pages	496
ISBN13	9780131406605 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)	Weight (grammes)	1116
Imprint	Prentice Hall	Published in	Upper Saddle River
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	263
Publication date	03 Jul 2003	Width (mm)	209
Library of Congress	QA76.9.C66	Spine width (mm)	24
DEWEY	303.4834	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC21

	Introduction
	Preface
Pt. 1	Computers in Society	1
	Introduction to the Social Issues of Computing by Joey F. George	6
	Gaining Control by Andrew L. Shapiro	14
	On Utopias and Dystopias: Toward an Understanding of the Discourse Surrounding the Internet by Dana R. Fisher and Larry Michael Wright	20
	The Worldwide Computer by David P. Anderson and John Kubiatowicz	29
	Global Implications of the Information Society by Marc Uri Porat	36
	From "Post-Industrialism" to "Information Society": A New Social Transformation by David Lyon	45
	The Productivity Paradox of Information Technology by Erik Brynjolfsson	56
	Beyond the Productivity Paradox by Erik Brynijolfsson and Lorin M. Hitt	74
	The Productivity Paradox: Is It Resolved? Is There a New One? What Does It All Mean for Managers? by Kenneth Kraemer and Jason Dedrick	84
	The Computerization of Work: A Social Informatics Perspective by Steve Sawyer and Andrea Tapia	93
	Computer-Based Performance Monitoring by Joey F. George and Pamela E. Carter	110
	Social and Technical Aspects of Electronic Monitoring: To Protect and to Serve by Terri L. Griffith	121
	Aligning Internet Usage with Business Priorities by Claire A. Simmers	131
	Pending Investigation by Jonathan Littman	137
	Excerpts from the "2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey" by Richard Power	142
	Detecting Deception in Computer-Mediated Communication by Judee K. Burgoon and L. Kent Marett and J. P. Blair	154
Pt. 2	Privacy	167
	Consumer Privacy, Technology, and Policy by Mary J. Culnan	171
	Building Consumer Trust Online by Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak and Marcos Peralta	184
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