Computers and society : modern perspectives / Ronald M. Baecker.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0198827091
- 9780198827092
- 0198827083
- 9780198827085
- 303.4834 23
- QA76.9.C66 B34 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Part I. Opportunities : -- 1. Digital inclusion -- 2. Digital media and intellectual property -- 3. Computers in education and learning -- 4. Computers in medicine and health care -- 5. Free speech, politics, and government -- 6. Law and order, war and peace -- Part II. Risks : -- 7. Security -- 8. Safety -- 9. Privacy -- Part III. Choices : -- 10. Automation, work, and jobs -- 11. Artificial intelligence, explainations, trust, responsibility, and justice -- 12. Lifestyle -- 13. Epilogue -- 14. Afterword: Developments in autumn 2018.0
"Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives is a wide-ranging and comprehensive textbook that critically assesses the global technical achievements in digital technologies and how are they are applied in media; education and learning; medicine and health; free speech, democracy, and government; and war and peace."--Publisher's website.
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