Author: Richard J. Van LoonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Social Impacts of Technological Change in Canada
Author: Richard J. Van LoonResponsible Innovation in Canada and Beyond
Author: Mairead MatthewsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Technology is an omnipresent part of everyday life, as are decisions about the ethical and safe use of technology. When we decide whether to enable location services on a new app, set up two-factor authentication for a new service, or consider taking a carbon-free transportation alternative to our destination, we are working to improve the social impacts of technology. Along with our own decisions as users, a myriad of other stakeholders--including designers, developers, policymakers, and investors--also impact the technologies that they contribute to or regulate. Accordingly, while many small, everyday decisions can improve technologies' social impact, on a broader level, it may seem difficult, overwhelming, or too complex to try to turn the tide of technology's impact on privacy rights, our climate and environment, or human behaviour. Efforts to create “tech for good,” regulatory initiatives, public education, ethical investing, and other social and technical tools might all appear to be small, separate efforts, even though they all aim toward the same larger goal.As such, while there are many highly specific guidelines, calls to action, and standards for improving technologies or practices, the field of ethical technology in Canada lacks a synthesis aimed at all parties, including the general public and the private and public sectors. Considering a vast array of technologies and topics (including artificial intelligence [AI], open data, labour and automation, and climate and environment) this paper identifies individuals and organizations working at the intersection of technology and social outcomes. Drawing from a series of in-depth interviews, it synthesizes shared considerations, challenges, frameworks, and best practices for improving the social impact of technology from a wide variety of perspectives.
Information, Innovation and Impacts
Author: John de la MothePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461546176
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Information, Innovation and Impacts - a joint project between the Program of Research in International Management and Economy (PRIME) at the University of Ottawa and Statistics Canada - brings together economic, social and statistical views of the impacts of the innovative uses of information. It examines the costs as well as the benefits of rapidly expanding availability of data, of information, and of codified knowledge, and it provides suggestions for future work and research. This project fits into an on-going research program at Statistics Canada to develop indicators for science and technology (S&T) in a more coherent manner, and it fits into the research program of PRIME to better understand the dynamics of innovation in an information economy. Together, Statistics Canada and PRIME strive to tell the story of the activities in S&T systems, their interactions, and the outcomes as actors go about the generation, transmission, or mediation of knowledge, information, and of data, as part of the effective functioning of the system.
Responsible Innovation in Canada and Beyond
Author: The Communications Revolution at Work
Author: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy StudiesPublisher: Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
No area of technology has developed faster or affected contemporary society more pervasively than electronic communications. Networked computers linked through the internet have enabled finance, commerce and manufacturing to function in a "virtual" environment, unconstrained by time and space. Boundaries have also been removed in voice, image, and data transmission, once normally provided through discrete media. Although the effects of these developments are large, their significance is far from clear. This collection of eleven original papers by British and Canadian experts examines a wide range of practical consequences of the current revolution in communications technology and reconsiders the actual depth of changes so far produced in the economy and society.
Managing Technology
Author: David A. WolfePublisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Technological Change and Its Impact on the Social Relations and Mental Health of the Residents of Dunster, British Columbia Canada
Author: Kathi GilmorePublisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Information Technology and Social Change
Author: Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee. Social Impacts SubcommitteePublisher:
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Category : Technological innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Technological Change: Its Impact on Man and Society
Author: Emmanuel G. MesthenePublisher: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Social research study of the impact of technological change and Innovation on social change in the USA. Annotated bibliography pp. 96 to 124 and references.
The Societal Impact of Technology
Author: Savvas A. KatsikidesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138366930
Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Published in 1998. This text is concerned with research issues within the context of the emerging information age. The book draws together research which is devoted to key questions examining the relationship between the various and widely discussed developments of technological systems and their societal impacts. Increasing interest and research into the information society and their euphorical assumptions is creating a wide spectrum of societal criticism. Computer supported work for instance has led to the development of innovative organizational processes based on technological developments and communications paradigms. In particular the focus is centred on the perspectives of such Networking Entities and their many varied implications. The book links sociology with technology and aims to lead it to wider discussions of the above issues.