Full Description
This book presents a study of computing in an economically transforming city in the north of England to look at how new information technologies effect and are affected by a historically vibrant working-class culture. It is about the extensive change, taking place in contemporary societies.
Contents
Introduction -- Studying Computerization -- Why Study Computerization? -- Studying Computing Ethnographically in South Yorkshire -- The Methods Used to Study Computing in Sheffield -- Describing Computerization -- Computerization of Work -- Computing and Jobs -- Computerization and the Reproduction of Symbols -- Analyzing Computing Structurally -- Theorizing Computerization -- The National State and Computerization -- Sheffield Computerization and the World Political Economy -- Computerization and the Region -- Making Computerization -- Culture-Centered Computing and Local Policy -- Computing and Gender -- Class, Culture, Computing, and Politics
