Social Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology Policy by Avgerou, Chrisanthi; Smith, Matthew L.; van den Besselaar, Peter;

Long description:

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human Choice and Computers held in Pretoria, South Africa.

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

Table of Contents:

Human choice and ICT policy: Introduction to the HCC8 Conference proceedings.- Human choice and ICT policy: Introduction to the HCC8 Conference proceedings.- Communication, information, and ICT policy: Enabling research frameworks.- The shaping of national and international ICT policies and their effects.- The argumentative structure of spatial data infrastructure initiatives in America and Africa.- ICT policy as a governance domain: The case of Greece and the European Commission.- National variations of the information society: Evidence from the Greek case.- Technology, globalisation, and governance: Research perspectives and prospects.- Globalisation and national security issues for the state: Implications for national ICT policies.- Next generation ICT policy in South Africa: Towards a human development-based ICT policy.- Challenges of ICT policy for rural communities: A case study from South Africa.- Harnessing the empowering capacity and ICT.- Digital divides and the role of policy and regulation: a qualitative study.- Empowerment through ICT: A critical discourse analysis of the Egyptian ICT policy.- Egyptian women artisans: ICTs are not the entry to modern markets.- Institutional strategies towards improving health information systems (HIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa.- A human environmentalist approach to diffusion in ICT policies.- ICT and socio-economic development: A university's engagement in a rural community in Yola, Nigeria.- Lessons from a dropped ICT curriculum design project: A retrospective view.- The shaping of the institutions of the information society.- 15 years of ways of Internet governance: Towards a new agenda for action.- Governmental policies for ICT diffusion and leadership legitimacy in grassroots movements.- Examining trust in mobile banking transactions: The case of M-PESA in Kenya.- Social networks within filtered ICT networks: A case study of the growth of internet usage within Iran.- A no-IPR model as solution to reuse and understanding of information systems.- Measuring information societies: A critical study of the Infostate framework.- Open access barriers: An action research.- Panels.- Free and Open Source Software in low-income countries: Emergent properties?.- Evaluating “Connecting for Health”: Policy implications of a UK mega-programme.- Gender research in Africa into ICTs for empowerment (GRACE).