Emerging digital spaces in contemporary society: properties of technology

Analyzing the relationship between digital technologies and society this bookexplores a wide range of complex social issues emerging in a new digital space. It examines both the vexing dilemmmas with a critical eye as well as prompting readers to think constructively and strategically about exciting possibilities. PHILLIP KALANTZIS-COPE Teaching Fellow at The New School for General Studies, and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political of the New School for Social Research in New York City, USA. He is a board member of the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, and founding editor of the International Journal on the Image. KARIM GHERAB-MARTÍN theoretical physicist andPhD in Philosophy of Science and Technology. He has taught at Harvard University, Universidad Autónoma in Madrid, University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, and San Pablo CEU University. He has worked as IT consultant in Spain and Latin America, and written strategic reports on digital libraries for the Government of Madrid. Some of his last publications are The New Temple of Knowledge: Towards a Universal Digital Library and Science and Culture on the Web. INDICE: Introduction - Properties of Technology - Technology, Culture and Society - Digital Communications - Defining New Media - The Texts of Digital Publishing - Democracy, and Governance: Information Politics - Digital Citizenship - Power, Knowledge and Surveillance - Owning the Work and Play of the Mind- The Digital Commons - New Science and Scientific Authorship - Gaming: Pleasure and Learning - Digital Aesthetics - Digital Labour - Knowledge Management - Digital Identities - Information Globalism

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27346-7
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 408
• Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés