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Computers and society : modern perspectives / Ronald M. Baecker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198827091
  • 9780198827092
  • 0198827083
  • 9780198827085
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 303.4834 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.C66 B34 2019
Contents:
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
Summary: "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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 303.4834 BAE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A537954B

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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