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Society and Technology

Opportunities and Challenges

Ewa Lechman editor Magdalena Popowska editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:30th Sep '21

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This book offers broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies (ICT) impact social development and contribute to social welfare. Its aim is to show how new technological solutions may contribute to society’s welfare by encouraging new ‘socially responsible’ initiatives and practices as the broad adoption of new technologies becomes an integral component of organizations, and of the overall economy.

Society and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges is designed to provide deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as socially responsible technologies. More specifically, it puts special focus on examining the following:



  • how channels of ICT impact on social progress, environmental sustainability and instability


  • the role of ICT in creating social networks, with positive and negative consequences of networking


  • how ICT encourages education, skills development, institutional development, etc.


  • the ethical aspects of technological progress, and


  • technology management for social corporate responsibility.

The book is written primarily for scholars and academic professionals from a wide variety of disciplines that are addressing issues of economic development and growth, social development, and the role of technology progress in broadly defined socioeconomic progress. It is also an invaluable source of knowledge for graduate and postgraduate students, particularly within economic and social development, information and technology, worldwide studies, social policy or comparative economics.

"Understanding how information technology contributes to societal development through social responsibility is a timely question. The authors of this book provide a very interesting and complete picture of socially responsible technologies that guide both scholars and practitioners." — Duygu Turker, Yasar University, Turkey

ISBN: 9781032173375

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 362g

248 pages