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Multiculturalism and information and communication technology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fichman, Pnina (Author), Sanfilippo, Madelyn R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, 2014.
Series:Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services ; # 30.
Subjects:
Information technology.
Multiculturalism.
Social informatics
collaboration
digital divide
global virtual teams
globalization
information and communication technology
international development
media selection
multiculturalism
social determinism
technological determinism
Electronic books.
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Abstract:Research on multiculturalism and information and communication technology (ICT) has been important to understanding recent history, planning for future large-scale initiatives, and understanding unrealized expectations for social and technological change. This interdisciplinary area of research has examined interactions between ICT and culture at the group and society levels. However, there is debate within the literature as to the nature of the relationship between culture and technology. In this synthesis, we suggest that the tensions result from the competing ideologies that drive researchers, allowing us to conceptualize the relationship between culture and ICT under three primary models.
Item Description:Series from website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 87 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-85).
ISBN:9781608457755
ISSN:1947-9468 ;
DOI:10.2200/S00543ED1V01Y201310ICR030
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.