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Selected readings on the human side of information technology
Title:
Selected readings on the human side of information technology
Author:
Szewczak, Edward.
ISBN:
9781605660899
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxiii, 525 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Digital media and socialization / Mario Morcellini -- Giving and taking offence in a global context / John Weckert -- Is information ethics culture-relative? / Philip Brey -- The theoretical framework of cognitive informatics / Yingxu Wang -- Different levels of information systems designers' forms of thought and potential for human-centered design / Hannakaisa Isomäki -- A qualitative study in user's information-seeking behaviors on Web sites: a user-centered approach to Web site development / Napawan Sawasdichai -- A user-centered approach to the retrieval of information in an adaptive Web site / Cristina Gena, Liliana Ardissono -- On the cognitive processes of human perception with emotions, motivations, and attitudes / Yingxu Wang -- Kinetic user interfaces: physical embodied interaction with mobile ubiquitous computing systems / Vincenzo Pallotta, Pascal Bruegger, Béat Hirsbrunner -- Communicating in the information society: new tools for new practices / Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini -- Foreseeing the future lifestyle with digital music: a comparative study between mobile phone ring tones and hard-disk music players like iPod / Masataka Yoshikawa -- Innovative technologies for education and learning: education and knowledge-oriented applications of blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more / Jeffrey Hsu -- Modelling interactive behaviour with a rational cognitive architecture / David Peebles, Anna L. Cox -- A de-construction of wireless device usage / Mary R. Lind --

Unraveling the taste fabric of social networks / Hugo Liu, Pattie Maes, Glorianna Davenport -- Mobile phone use across cultures: a comparison between the United Kingdom and Sudan / Ishraga Khattab, Steve Love -- The internet, health information, and managing health: an examination of boomers and seniors / Christopher G. Reddick -- Insights into the impact of social networks on evolutionary games / Katia Sycara, Paul Scerri, Anton Chechetka -- Information-communications systems convergence paradigm: invisible E-culture and E-technologies / Fjodor Ruzic -- The impact of ideology on the organizational adoption of open source software / Kris Ven, Jan Verelst -- The paleolithic stone age effect? gender differences performing specific computer-generated spatial tasks / Geoffrey S. Hubona, Gregory W. Shirah -- Computer and stress in social and healthcare industries / Reima Suomi, Reetta Raitoharju -- Neo-symbiosis: the next stage in the evolution of human information interaction / Douglas Griffith, Frank L. Greitzer -- Politeness as a social computing requirement / Brian Whitworth, Tong Liu -- Vive la différence: the cross-culture differences within us / David Gefen, Nitza Geri, Narasimha Paravastu -- Growing up wireless: being a parent and being a child in the age of mobile communication / Letizia Caronia -- Digital imaging trek: a practical model for managing the demand of the digitally enabled traveller / Stephen C. Andrade, Hilary Mason -- The U.S. video game industry: analyzing representation of gender and race / Janet C. Dunlop.
Abstract:
This book supplements course instruction and student research with quality articles focused on key issues concerning the behavioral and social aspects of information technology. Containing over 30 chapters from authors across the globe, these selected readings in areas such as user behavior, human computer interaction, and social computing depict the most relevant and important areas of classroom discussion within the categories of Fundamental Concepts and Theories; Development and Design Methodologies; Tools and Technologies; Application and Utilization; Critical Issues; and Emerging Trends.
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