IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)最新文献
{"title":"Gender Equity and the use of Information Communication Technologies in the knowledge economy: taking a feminist poststructuralist approach","authors":"Sheila French","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013798","url":null,"abstract":"This paper questions the UK government's initiatives to solve the recognised gender divide in the use of ICT's in British Society. In doing so the paper looks to feminism and poststructuralist theory to critically analyse the problem. Poststructuralist theory is offered as a means to question the cultural norms and beliefs in UK society around the use of ICTs, Offering a possibility to challenge the current situation and therefore giving possibility for change.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114214555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy debate on the Internet: panelists evaluate the process","authors":"Kathleen Prosseda","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013819","url":null,"abstract":"The 2001 North Carolina Citizens' Technology Forum provided a unique opportunity to study policy deliberation by average citizens using the Internet. Loosely based on the Danish-style consensus conference, all group work was conducted entirely online. Nine of the 13 citizen members responded to an open-ended questionnaire about their experiences. Four members of the content expert panel also offered their impressions. Despite some of the drawbacks of online communication, overall, citizens had favorable reactions. The average rating was 7.9 on a ten-point scale. Ratings provided by the experts were lower; the average score was 6.5. This may be related to the difficulty of presenting scientific information online. Both agreed that Internet forums have the potential to open up the policy debate by increasing opportunities for citizens to participate in the process. Findings of this evaluation will assist in the design of future online citizen panels.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130233024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiplying the wisdom at grassroots: leveraging on information technology","authors":"S. Ahuja","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013838","url":null,"abstract":"The multifarious projection of information technologies in our society pleads a winning case for extending the benefits of information to grass root levels. Following a critical view of development through macro agencies like national governments and international organisations, the paper analyses experimental attempts by macro and micro agencies towards helping rural citizens in leveraging their knowledge. The paper finally proposes a model to develop knowledge workers through information technology that can reverse the process of exteriorised human existence as well as the increasing knowledge gaps.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"112 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132819978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Credibly constructing risk comparisons","authors":"C. Andrews","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013804","url":null,"abstract":"This paper briefly recounts the experience of the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project in order to illustrate the role played by insights from the science and technology studies literature in the project's design. It shows that a project's adequacy and legitimacy can be enhanced by treating the potential contributions of experts, officials, stakeholders, and the public respectfully, and by building in much interaction among these groups. It also reveals a costly tradeoff between heightened interactions and participant fatigue.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132234660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seeking community on the Internet: ethnocultural use of information communication technology","authors":"Amanda Aizlewood, M. Doody","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013789","url":null,"abstract":"This brief sampling of findings indicates that statistically significant differences in online behaviour exist between the selected groups and the population average. The data show that not only are immigrants and ethnocultural minorities in Canada more active on the Internet than the general population, but that their online behaviour is significantly more likely to include elements of ethnocultural community building as identified in the qualitative phase of the study. The \"maintenance\" hypothesis is strongly supported, albeit indirectly, with these variables. Online behaviour of first generation Canadians, however, is found to approximate the population average. This latter finding tends to degrade the qualitative findings of a young, eager \"exploration\" grouping identified in the qualitative phase.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117185569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Providing Web search capability for low-connectivity communities","authors":"Libby Levison, W. Thies, Saman P. Amarasinghe","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013800","url":null,"abstract":"There are many technical problems that exist in communities other than our own. These problems both deserve our attention and require focused research. We present one example: the TEK Search Engine. TEK is an email-based search engine designed to deliver low-bandwidth information to low-connectivity communities.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"236 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123882240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of digital books upon print publishing","authors":"David F. McAllister, N. McAllister, Steven Vivian","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013810","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the concrete impact of digital publishing upon print publishing. The remarkable growth of the Internet is at the core of this impact, as the Internet forms the backbone for much of the digitization of print publishing, from commercial promotional efforts to e-book readers to alliances with education. Additionally, this paper offers short-term speculations-grounded in specific current developments-of the continuing effects of digital publishing on print publishing.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125305358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intellectual property and the process of invention: why software is different","authors":"R. Plotkin","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013821","url":null,"abstract":"Software differs from other electromechanical technologies because of the unique process by which software programs are invented In particular, software developers create novel executable software programs, which are components of a computer, by conceiving of and specifying such programs solely in terms of their function. Software developers, therefore, engage in functional, but not structural, design. Patent law, however, assumes that an inventor must engage in structural design to invent a new electromechanical machine, and therefore requires electromechanical inventors to conceive Of describe, and claim their inventions in terms of their physical structure. This chasm between patent law's assumptions and the reality of software development has the potential to result in an unwarranted expansion of software patent claim scope. Modifications to patent law are recommended which reflect the unique manner in which software programs are invented.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126438440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is the patent system broken? (If it isn't broken, don't fix it)","authors":"R. Hunter","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013796","url":null,"abstract":"For many years computer software and ways of doing business were not considered to be patentable. Software was finally deemed patentable in the early eighties and ways of doing business were patented in the nineties, especially with the advent of e-commerce. In this paper I review the expanded scope of patents being issued by the PTO (Patent and Trademark Office) and the roles of the congress, the patent bar and the courts. I also address the question: do software and ways of doing business patents \"promote the progress of science and useful arts\" as envisioned in the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8)? The answer seems to be no: the patent system is broken. Some proposed fixes are included.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128039756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The meaning of an online health community in the lives of its members: roles, relationships and group dynamics","authors":"Diane Maloney-Krichmar, J. Preece","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013791","url":null,"abstract":"This research is concerned with understanding the role a long established and thriving health bulletin board plays in the lives of its members; the impact of usability and sociability issues on group process, and the membership roles, patterns of social interaction, and group dynamics exhibited in the community. An ethnographic research approach is taken in this study in combination with social network analysis, and Interaction Process Analysis. The paper describes the rational for this research approach and some preliminary findings. It appears that community members have created a mental model of the groups' dynamics that serves as the basis for their attraction and commitment to the community.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121240502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}