Teknologi informasi dan komputer digunakan setiap hari oleh orang-orang nyata dengan kebutuhan nyata. Para penulis yang berkontribusi pada Shaping the Network Society menjelaskan bagaimana teknologi dapat digunakan secara efektif oleh komunitas, aktivis, dan warga negara untuk memenuhi tantangan masyarakat. Dalam visi mereka, para profesional komputer tidak terlalu peduli dengan bit, byte, dan …
"In recent decades we have witnessed the creation of a communication system that promises unparalleled connectedness. And yet the optimistic dreams of Internet-enabled engagement and empowerment have faded in the face of widespread Internet commercialization. In Liberating Voices, Douglas Schuler urges us to unleash our collective creativity--social as well as technological--and develop the com…
"In recent decades we have witnessed the creation of a communication system that promises unparalleled connectedness. And yet the optimistic dreams of Internet-enabled engagement and empowerment have faded in the face of widespread Internet commercialization. In Liberating Voices, Douglas Schuler urges us to unleash our collective creativity--social as well as technological--and develop the com…
"An outgrowth of the Seventh DIAC symposium held in Seattle in 2000"--Introduction.Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer professionals are concern…