Social Information Technology

An interdisciplinary field technology and culture or social informatics is part of a larger body of socio-economic socio-psychological and cultural research that examines the ways in which technology and groups within society are shaped by social forces within organizations politics economics and culture. Given the popularity and increased usage of technology it is imperative that educators trainers consultants administrators researchers and professors monitor the current trends and issues relating to social side of technology in order to meet the needs and challenges of tomorrow. Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues provides educators trainers consultants administrators researchers and professors with a fundamental research source for definitions antecedents and consequences of social informatics and the cultural aspect of technology. This groundbreaking research work also addresses the major cultural/societal issues in social informatics technology and society such as the Digital Divide the government and technology law information security and privacy cyber ethics technology ethics and the future of social informatics and technology as well as concepts from technology in developing countries.