Stillman, L. & Denison, T. 2011. 'The 'Good Society' and ICTs: an exploratory study'. in: Mirijamdotter, A. & Eriksson, D. (eds.) Gunilla Bradley Festschrift. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. (original) (raw)
Technology and the good society
Technology in Society, 2018
One of the great ongoing debates of the 21st century is whether technology—broadly construed—has proven itself to be on balance beneficial or detrimental to, among other aspects, the moral dimensions of civil society. Technology permeates all aspects of modern life, transforming the way we live, communicate, interact, and work. Does it foster or detract from a good society? How can we determine what a “good” society is? “Technophobes” and “technophiles” will give different answers, but so will scholars and individuals who fall between those extremes. Because technologies engender promise and potential as well as uncertainties and risk, we must critically evaluate how technological advancements are shaping or eroding a “Good Society.”
Twenty-five years of ICT and society
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, 2016
Celebrating achievements is an important social ritual. Tracks and themes at conferences such as ETHICOMP 2015 provide opportunities for the careful discussion of challenges facing society in terms of information and communication technology (ICT). This topic provides the underpinning rationale to the body of papers presented throughout the entire ICT and Society track at this ETHICOMP conference. The conference orientation explains this paper's focus on codes of ethics, professional ethics, organisations and the particular challenges of the cloud and virtuality over a 25-year time-period.
ICT for Good: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward
2010
Abstract ICT seems well understood as a tool and an infrastructure for delivering information and services for the society and for allowing communications through interactions among the service users-mostly, the digital society. Using ICT for ensuring better life requires far more than good infrastructure, ICT know-how and the various techniques and tools in place.
Information Systems Journal, 2018
This research examines how an oppressed group, the Klamath Tribes of Oregon, used an ICT for the human development objective of cultural identity restoration, one component of emancipation. Within this manuscript is depicted a process model of how ICT tools can be used for human development through emancipatory pedagogy, i.e., the communication of knowledge in a way that promotes critical reflection and collective action. Combining interpretive and critical methods, I describe how the Klamath's ICT reflected the emancipatory journey of those creating it and empowered the Klamath to lead ICT users toward emancipation. An interpretive approach revealed that ICT framing tools promoted awareness of the Klamath, awareness of the problem the Klamath sought to address, and awareness of societal systems of power that enforced the Klamath's problem, while ICT tactic tools enabled "the aware" to engage in solutions. Notably, the Klamath shirked prevailing practices in ICT4D. Consistent with my critical approach, I use the Klamath case to suggest normative recommendations for use of ICT for social good.
2016
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed our lives significantly over the last few decades, and they will continue to do so. ICTs influence the way we live, work, and organize. These changes we are facing as societies (and as individuals) bear positive and negative side effects that concern academia as well, since science and research serve a function in and for society. What kind of academic field do we need to meet these challenges of the information age? Many different research approaches have emerged over the last decades that aim at explaining, shaping, and forecasting social change related to an increasing penetration, miniaturization, and convergence of ICTs. tripleC suggests the designation of this research area as ICTs-and-Society to indicate its broad perspective. The term ICTs itself is broad enough to capture Internet, Web, Web 2.0, Social Media, Social Networks, new mobile technologies, ambient technologies, etc. Society too, can refer to society at large, or to certain aspects, of society, such as economy, ecology, politics, culture, etc., and includes both individuals and organizations. The fact that "ICTs-and-Society" involves the disciplines of information and computer science, economics, sociology and political science, psychology and philosophy, etc., and additionally transcends the academic boundaries and at least affects, if not integrates, stakeholders from politics, economy, organizations, and individuals, suggests that ICTs-and-Society is a transdisciplinary field of research par excellence.
Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, 2010
Information technology and society
Media, Culture and Public Relations, 2002
This is a revised text of the paper published long ago; the text is reshaped, some things are added and some are left out. The paper puts forward a collection of features of contemporary world and life, and seeks optimal responses to the challenges this world brings about. We speak about noise and about the procedural nature of the life in technological world. We address issues of public discourse, manipulation, surveillance and freedom. Technology gives people great operative power; we question what impact may technology exert on morality and aesthetic experience, on aggressive behaviour and cooperation. The development and use of technology have been directed by socioeconomic system; we examine the issue of the shaping of such system, and point out what leaders and poets of this world should aim at.
A Taxonomy of Theories about ICTs and Society
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2010
How is the relationship between ICTs and society to be conceived of? And how is the relationship to be evaluated? These two questions form the basis upon which an ideal-typical categorisation of different theoretical approaches can be built. The scheme presented here allows to be aware of advantages and disadvantages of certain ways of theorising.
45 Information Technology and the Good Life
2004
The ongoing development of information technology creates new and immensely complex environments. Our lifeworld is drastically influenced by these developments. The way information technology is intertwined in our daily life raises new issues concerning the possibility of understanding these new configurations. This paper is about the ways in which IS research can contribute to a deeper understanding of technology and the ongoing transformations of our lifeworld. As such, the paper is a conceptual exploration driven by a sincere and authentic desire to make a real difference in the way research on how technology influences our society is carried out. The article is based on the assumption that there are some foundational decisions forming research: the question of methodology, the question of object of study, and, most importantly, the question of being in service. In the paper we explore and propose a research position by taking a critical stance against unreflective acceptance of ...