The social dynamics of information and communication technology / edited by Eugene Loos, Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on editors and contributors -- Introduction / Leslie Haddon, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos -- Disciplinary insights into the social dynamics of innovation and domestication -- Computer anxiety in daily life : old history? / John Beckers, Henk Schmidt and Jelte Wicherts -- ICTs and the human body : an empirical study in five countries / Alberta Contarello, Leopoldina Fortunati, Pedro Gomez Fernandez, Enid Mante-Meijer, Olga Vershinskaya and Daniel Volovici -- The adoption of terrestrial digital TV : technology push, political will or users' choice? / Tomaz Turk, Bartolomeo Sapio and Isabella Maria Palombini -- The flexible room : technology for communication and personalization / Marianne Jensen, Heidi Rognskog Mella and Kristin Thrane -- The Internet as a tool to enable users to organise everyday life -- Uses of the family Internet sites : a virtual community between intimate space and public space / Fanny Carmagnat, Julie Deville and Aurélia Mardon -- Legal self-help and the Internet / Lieve Gies -- On older people, Internet access and electronic service delivery : a study of sheltered homes / Maria Sourbati -- ICTs in organisational settings : a tool or a curse? -- Resistance to innovation : a case study / Raija Halonen -- Using ICT in human service organizations : an enabling constraint : social workers, new technology and their organization / Eugène Loos -- The impact of ICT implementations on social interaction in work communities / Niina Rintala -- The future : the boundaries between work and non-work life -- There is no business like small business : the use and meaning of ICTs for micro-enterprises / Jo Pierson -- Teleworking behind the front door : the patterns and meaning of telework in the everyday lives of workers / Arjan de Jong and Enid Mante-Meijer -- Future developments -- Enabling humans to control the ethical behaviour of their virtual peers / Boldur Bărbat, Andrei Moiceanu and Hermina Anghelescu -- Challenging sensory impairment / Keith Gladstone -- Conclusion / Enid Mante-Meijer, Leslie Haddon and Eugène Loos -- Index.

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