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Facilitating a carbon neutral transition in Kyoto: Initiatives on rooftop photovoltaics integrated with electric vehicles

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102774

Takuro Kobashi , Eric Zusman , Makoto Taniguchi , Masaru Yarime

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Material matters: Recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102764

Ioannis Lykouras , Luca Mora

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How do semiconductors, artificial intelligence, geopolitical risk, and their moderating effects shape renewable energy production in leading semiconductor manufacturing countries?

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102761

Muhammad Qamar Rasheed , Zhao Yuhuan , Marina Nazir , Zahoor Ahmed , Xiaohong Yu

{"title":"How do semiconductors, artificial intelligence, geopolitical risk, and their moderating effects shape renewable energy production in leading semiconductor manufacturing countries?","authors":"Muhammad Qamar Rasheed , Zhao Yuhuan , Marina Nazir , Zahoor Ahmed , Xiaohong Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102761","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102761","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), and geopolitics may influence the future of environmentally friendly energy. This research aims to offer a novel perspective within this domain by assessing the interconnections between semiconductors, AI, geopolitical risk, and renewable energy production. The study analyzed panel data and cross-country statistics from 1999 to 2019 for 13 leading semiconductor manufacturing countries. According to the findings of the panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag-Pooled Mean Group (ARDL-PMG), the Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS), and the Panel-Corrected Standard Error (PCSE) methods semiconductors and AI have a significant long-term impact on accelerating renewable energy production. However, renewable energy production experiences substantial disruptions resulting from geopolitical risk. Apart from this, the combined effect of geopolitical risk and semiconductors decreases the strength of the advantageous interaction between semiconductors and renewable energy as compared to the direct influence of semiconductors. Likewise, the moderating effect of geopolitical risk and AI decreases the beneficial intensity between AI and renewable energy production as compared to the direct impact of AI. Finally, these statistical insights serve as an essential foundation and benchmark for policymakers seeking to align their strategies with renewable energy production goals by addressing the role of semiconductors, AI, geopolitical risks, and their combined impact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102761"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142745106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Values, wellbeing, and job satisfaction in telework: Evidence from IT-enabled service firms

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102762

Pradeep Kautish , Weng Marc Lim , Rambabu Lavuri

{"title":"Values, wellbeing, and job satisfaction in telework: Evidence from IT-enabled service firms","authors":"Pradeep Kautish , Weng Marc Lim , Rambabu Lavuri","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102762","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102762","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The widespread adoption of telework, initially driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, has persisted beyond the crisis, reshaping organizational practices and redefining employee expectations. Despite its accelerated implementation, limited research has explored how teleworking environments influence employee value orientations and their impact on wellbeing and job satisfaction. This study examines the distinct effects of terminal and instrumental values on two dimensions of employee wellbeing—psychological and subjective—and how these, in turn, affect job satisfaction in a teleworking environment. Focusing on IT-enabled service firms in India, this study provides insights into a developing market where telework is increasingly becoming mainstream. An online survey yielded 715 responses from employees working in these firms, which were analyzed using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM). Findings reveal that both terminal and instrumental values positively influence psychological and subjective wellbeing, which subsequently enhance job satisfaction, and that psychological and subjective wellbeing partially mediate the relationship between these values and job satisfaction. The study's contributions therefore lie in providing a better understanding of how value-driven motivations influence employee wellbeing and satisfaction when they work from home or remotely (theoretical contribution) while providing actionable implications for improving telework policies and practices (practical contribution).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102762"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142745111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fact-checking in the age of AI: Reducing biases with non-human information sources

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102760

Won-Ki Moon , Lee Ann Kahlor

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Reverse salient as a nexus of technologies and values in sociotechnical systems: A case study of lithium-ion batteries 反向突出是社会技术系统中技术与价值的联系：锂离子电池案例研究

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102757

Yunxuan Miao

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Theoretical dimensions for integrating research on anticipatory governance, scientific foresight and sustainable S&T public policy design

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102758

Mateus Panizzon , Raquel Janissek-Muniz

{"title":"Theoretical dimensions for integrating research on anticipatory governance, scientific foresight and sustainable S&T public policy design","authors":"Mateus Panizzon , Raquel Janissek-Muniz","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102758","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102758","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The future of Science and Technology (S&T) is a continuous and strategic priority for governments, universities, and organizations, driving societal benefits through innovation, sustainability, and development. However, there is a gap—and a critical opportunity—for research on architectures supporting Anticipatory Governance (AG) that integrates Scientific Foresight (ScF) and the design of sustainable S&T policies, especially at federal and state levels in emerging countries. In this context, this paper aims to enhance understanding of the theoretical dimensions essential for integrating AG, ScF, and sustainable S&T policy design, proposing an emergent systemic framework. Adopting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), the analysis identifies seven theoretical dimensions that unify these three themes, opening new possibilities for integrated research. This method also supported the development of a systemic framework for Anticipatory Governance, Scientific Foresight, and Sustainable S&T Policy Design, setting up foundational components for further testing, development, implementation, and providing a research agenda for Anticipatory Governance Systems. Implications for systemic and institutional innovation in public management are discussed, indicating that evolving these frameworks could strengthen complex decision-making around public policies and investments in strategic S&T areas involving multiple stakeholders in Foresight and Policy Design, particularly those addressing pressing societal challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102758"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142745107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Modeling ICT adoption and electricity consumption in emerging digital economies: Insights from the West African Region 新兴数字经济体的信息和通信技术应用与电力消费建模：西非地区的启示

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102759

Isaac Ankrah , Michael Appiah Kubi , Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah , Frank Gyimah Sackey , Richard Asravor , Brenya Boahemaa , Derrick Donkor , Lilian Arthur , Christopher Lamptey , Eric Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah

{"title":"Modeling ICT adoption and electricity consumption in emerging digital economies: Insights from the West African Region","authors":"Isaac Ankrah , Michael Appiah Kubi , Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah , Frank Gyimah Sackey , Richard Asravor , Brenya Boahemaa , Derrick Donkor , Lilian Arthur , Christopher Lamptey , Eric Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102759","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on electricity consumption in West Africa, employing a dynamic panel data model. The results show a significant long-term positive effect of ICT adoption on electricity consumption. Notably, internet connections increase the demand for electricity, with estimates ranging from 13.4 % to 19.3 %. While mobile phone subscriptions demonstrate modest positive effect of 6.85 %, personal computer ownership appears to have a negligible impact.</div><div>The study contributes to the existing literature by offering a detailed examination of the distinct effects of different ICT components on electricity consumption, incorporating a novel estimation approach and sensitivity analyses that account for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Anglo-French linguistic divide. What's more, the analysis constitutes an initial effort in the examining both short-term and long-term dynamics of the ICT-electricity relationship in West African region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102759"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Artificial Intelligence: Intensifying or mitigating unemployment? 人工智能：加剧还是缓解失业？

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102755

Meng Qin , Yue Wan , Junyi Dou , Chi Wei Su

{"title":"Artificial Intelligence: Intensifying or mitigating unemployment?","authors":"Meng Qin , Yue Wan , Junyi Dou , Chi Wei Su","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102755","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102755","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is simultaneously fostering a proliferation of novel job opportunities while rendering some traditional roles obsolete and specific skills outdated. Previous research has failed to consider the short-, medium-, and long-term variations in AI's impact on unemployment, which may lead to an incomplete understanding of the AI-employment relationship. This paper examines daily data from January 4, 2013, to August 12, 2024, utilising advanced wavelet-based Quantile on Quantile Regression (QQR) methodology to assess AI's impact on the Unemployment Index (UI) across quantiles and time scales, with a sample size of 2820 drawn from a larger dataset totalling 4241 observations. The conclusions reveal that AI generally positively impacts UI in the short term, especially with AI at 0.6–0.7 quantiles, as automation replaces workers faster than new job roles emerge and skills transform. However, in the medium term, positive and negative effects balance as new jobs and skills emerge through continuous industrial restructuring. In the long run, AI predominantly mitigates UI by further enhancing economic development, fostering skill upgrading, and facilitating market adjustments, but this result does not hold during AI at 0.7 quantiles and UI at the highest quantiles, such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Under new technological revolution and industrial transformation, we formulate China-specific suggestions to avert potential AI-induced unemployment crisis from short-term, medium-term, long-term, and sector-specific perspectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102755"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Technology shock of ChatGPT, social attention and firm value: Evidence from China ChatGPT的技术冲击、社会关注度与企业价值：来自中国的证据

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102756

Qinqin Wu , Qinqin Zhuang , Yitong Liu , Longyan Han

{"title":"Technology shock of ChatGPT, social attention and firm value: Evidence from China","authors":"Qinqin Wu , Qinqin Zhuang , Yitong Liu , Longyan Han","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102756","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102756","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The release of ChatGPT has attracted widespread attention and triggered fluctuations in the capital market. This study employs difference-in-differences (DID) and event study (ES) to investigate the effects of ChatGPT's release on the cumulative abnormal return (CAR) of listed companies in China. The results reveal that a series of ChatGPT launch events, including GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, have a significantly positive impact on the firm value of the companies focused on ChatGPT, with dynamic effects. In the initial two months after the release of ChatGPT, the Chinese stock market exhibited an undervaluation of GPT-focused companies, indicating information asymmetry and competitive substitution effect. With the widespread promotion of generative AI, social recognition of ChatGPT's potential value increased. This study verifies the moderation effect of social attention in strengthening ChatGPT's impact, demonstrating that a higher search index for ChatGPT enhances stock returns for GPT-focused companies. Heterogeneity tests reveal that the impact of ChatGPT is significantly positive for large or non-state-owned companies, while small or state-owned companies show no significant effect. From the perspective of labor structure, companies dominated by technical and production personnel experience positive effects, whereas those dominated by sales personnel do not. In the eastern regions with more favorable digital economic innovation environments, companies experience a notably positive impact. This paper provides a theoretical explanation and empirical evidence for the microeconomic impact of generative AI in the Chinese context, offering valuable insights for both government and firms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102756"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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