The social impact of recent developments in information technology

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 373-375
Author(s):  
Estela Morales Campos
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments

The Amplification-Reduction Structure of Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Ali Yakhlef ◽  
Ian Hipkin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Information Efficiency ◽  
Semiotic Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Communicational Approach

Information technology has long been recognised as a cause of social change. Recent developments in information technologies (IT), such as internet, intranet, and extranet, have stimulated considerable interest in how they will impact business organizations. Studies have largely examined the role that IT plays in improving information efficiency and synergies, in promoting collaboration and information sharing both inside and across organizations and in facilitating the transition to new forms of organizing. Most such studies take a technology-centric or human-centric approach. Whereas the former view reifies technology, assuming that its effects are predictable, stable, and performing as intended and designed across time, the latter minimizes IT to the point it becomes infinitely and flexibly interpreted. However, IT media are only significant to the extent that they do not only involve changes in and novel ways of communicating, but most importantly they change the meaning of what it is to communicate and the social and cultural frame that situates communication in unpredictable ways. Taking a communicational approach to organization, the present paper uses Jakobson’s 1960 semiotic model and ideas from Ihde (1990) to show how the implementation of intranets and email systems has amplifying and reducing effects on the interactions among members of a community. Finally, some implications for the theory of implementation of new technologies are drawn out.

scholarly journals ‘Scaling Up’ the Social Impact of Innovation in Services – Significant Findings and Best Practice Examples from Specialty Research

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Patrascu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Quality Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
The Impact

„Social innovation” have gained the focus of interest of many researchers and professionals preoccupied to find solutions to heavy societal problems manifesting themselves as challenges or obstacles for public organizations in the field of services of general interest. The present article explores the specialty research on the impact of social innovation concentrating on the most recent trends and concepts that better describe the ways that can lead to the „diffusion” of social innovation, particularly in the domain of services that are designed with the goal to ensure a higher quality life for all citizens. The main objective of our paper is to contribute to the conceptual field of innovation, by presenting a clear definition and by highlighting the newest trends in research. We also tried to identify what are the possible strategies to be applied by stakeholders in order to ensure the process of scaling up, bringing examples that prove the relevance of this concept in the field of public services. In light of recent developments in the field of social innovation, we consider that both research and practice related to „scaling up” need further evolution and more efforts in order to become solid points of reference for all interested parties. At the same time, the development of rigorous systems of evaluation of the effects and impact of innovation is strongly needed. The methods used are mainly qualitative, based on the evaluation of the specialty literature on innovation in services, and comparative, applied to highlight similarities and differences between various cases of innovation in the social sector that may be transferred in the public sector.

scholarly journals New Challenges for Ethics: The Social Impact of Posthumanism, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Lourdes Velázquez G
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Specific Expression ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Robotics

The ethical approach to science and technology is based on their use and application in extremely diverse fields. Less prominence has been given to the theme of the profound changes in our conception of human nature produced by the most recent developments in artificial intelligence and robotics due to their capacity to simulate an increasing number of human activities traditionally attributed to man as manifestations of the higher spiritual dimension inherent in his nature. Hence, a kind of contrast between nature and artificiality has ensued in which conformity with nature is presented as a criterion of morality and the artificial is legitimized only as an aid to nature. On the contrary, this essay maintains that artificiality is precisely the specific expression of human nature which has, in fact, made a powerful contribution to the progress of man. However, science and technology do not offer criteria to guide the practical and conceptual use of their own contents simply because they do not contain the conceptual space for the ought-to-be. Therefore, this paper offers a critical analysis of the conceptual models and the most typical products of technoscience as well as a discerning evaluation of the contemporary cultural trend of transhumanism. The position defended here consists of full appreciation of technoscience integrated into a broader framework of specifically human values.

The Social Impact of Suffering: Physical Pain Thwarts Social Needs

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Riva ◽  
James H. Wirth ◽  
Kipling D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
The Social
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