Full Description
Required reading for anyone interested in the profound relationship between digital technology and society
Digital technology has become an undeniable facet of our social lives, defining our governments, communities,
and personal identities. Yet with these technologies in ongoing evolution, it is difficult to gauge the full extent of their
societal impact, leaving researchers and policy makers with the challenge of staying up-to-date on a field that
is constantly in flux.
The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society provides students, researchers, and practitioners across the technology and social science sectors with a comprehensive overview of the foundations for understanding the various relationships between digital technology and society. Combining robust computer-aided reviews of current
literature from the UK Economic and Social Research Council's commissioned project "Ways of Being in a Digital Age" with newly commissioned chapters, this handbook illustrates the upcoming research questions and challenges facing the social sciences as they address the societal impacts of digital media and technologies across seven broad categories: citizenship and politics, communities and identities, communication and relationships, health and well-being, economy and sustainability, data and representation, and governance and security. Individual
chapters feature important practical and ethical explorations into topics such as technology and the aging, digital literacies, work-home boundary, machines in the workforce, digital censorship and surveillance, big data governance and regulation, and technology in the public sector. The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society will equip readers with the necessary starting points and provocations in the field so that scholars and policy makers can effectively assess future research, practice, and policy.
Contents
Table of Contents
Section 1: Overview
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society: Terms, Domains, and Themes
Ronald E. Rice, Simeon J. Yates, and Jordana Blejmar
Chapter 2. ESRC Review: Methodology
Simeon J. Yates, Michael Pidd, Iona Hine, Jerome Fuselier, and Paul Watry
Section 2: Health, Age, and Home
Chapter 3. ESRC Review: Health and Well-being
Simeon J. Yates, Leanne Townsend, Monica Whitty, Ronald E. Rice, and Elinor Carmi
Chapter 4. Computer-Mediated Communication, Psychological Well-Being, and Psychopathological Symptoms: A Computational Scoping Review of an Interdisciplinary Field
Adrian Meier, Emese Domahidi, and Elisabeth Günther
Chapter 5. Digital Inclusion and Women's Health and Well-Being in Rural Communities
Sharon Wagg, Louise Cooke, and Boyka Simeonova
Chapter 6. Digital Technology for Older People: A Review of Recent Research
Helen Petrie and Jenny Darzentas
Chapter 7. A Digital Nexus: Sustainable HCI and Domestic Resource Consumption
Nicola Green, Rob Comber, and Sharron Kuzneson
Section 3: Communication and Relationships
Chapter 8. ESRC Review: Communication and Relationships
Simeon J. Yates, Rich Ling, Laura Robinson, Catherine Brooks, Adam Joinson, Monica Whitty, and Elinor Carmi
Chapter 9. Media Mastery by College Students: A Typology and Review
Ronald E. Rice, Nicole Zamanzadeh, and Ingunn Hagen
Chapter 10. Boundary Management and Communication Technologies
Marta E. Cecchinato and Anna L. Cox
Section 4: Organizational Contexts
Chapter 11. ESRC Review: Economy and Organizations
Simeon J. Yates, Paul Hepburn, Bridgette Wessels, Ronald E. Rice, and Elinor Carmi
Chapter 12. The Changing Nature of Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines
Crispin Coombs, Donald Hislop, Stanimira Taneva, and Sarah Barnard
Chapter 13. Digital Culture at Work and the Uptake of Digital Solutions: Personal and Organisational Factors
Simeon J. Yates and Eleanor Lockley
Section 5: Communities, Identities, and Class
Chapter 14. ESRC Review: Communities and Identities
Simeon J. Yates, Jordana Blejmar, Bridgette Wessels, and Claire Taylor
Chapter 15. Digital Engagement and Class: Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital in a Digital Age
Simeon J. Yates and Eleanor Lockley
Section 6: Citizenship, Politics, and Participation
Chapter 16. ESRC Review: Citizenship and Politics
Simeon J. Yates, Bridgette Wessels, Paul Hepburn, Alexander Frame, and Vishanth Weerakkody
Chapter 17. Digital Ecology of Free Speech: Authenticity, Identity, and Self-Censorship
Yenn Lee and Alison Scott-Baumann
Section 7: Data, Representation, and Sharing
Chapter 18. ESRC Review: Data and Representation
Simeon J. Yates, Liz Robson, Ronald E. Rice, and Elinor Carmi
Chapter 19. From Digital to Datafied Citizenship
Arne Hintz
Chapter 20. Digitising Cultural Complexity: Representing Rich Cultural Data in a Big Data Environment
Georgina Nugent-Folan and Jennifer Edmond
Chapter 21. Motivations for Online Knowledge Sharing
Kristin P. Hocevar, Audrey Abeyta, and Ronald E. Rice
Section 8: Governance and Accountability
Chapter 22. ESRC Review: Governance and Security
Simeon J. Yates, Gerwyn Jones, Alison Preston, Bill Dutton, and Elinor Carmi
Chapter 23. Governance and Accountability in Internet of Things (IoT) Networks
Naomi Jacobs, Peter Edwards, Caitlin Cottrill, and Karen Salt
Section 9: Synthesis
Chapter 24. ESRC Review: Future Research on the Social, Organisational, and Personal Impacts of Automation: Findings from Two Expert Panels
Simeon J. Yates and Jordana Blejmar
Chapter 25. Conclusion: Cross-Cutting, Unique, and General Themes in the Handbook of Digital Technology and Society
Ronald E. Rice, Simeon J. Yates, and Jordana Blejmar
Index
