Examining Internet and Technology around the World
byLaura M. Steckman, PhD, is a fellow with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Southeast Asian Studies. She is coeditor of Online Around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps.
20201231
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 408 |
Topics | Access and Censorship;Alternative Energy Technologies;Artificial Intelligence;Autonomous Robots;Cyberbullying;Cybercrime;E-learning Issues and Trends;Genetically Modified Organisms;Online Privacy;Technology;Geography and World Cultures: Culture |
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This book offers comparative insights into the challenges and opportunities surrounding emerging technology and the internet as it is used and perceived throughout the world, providing students with cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives.
The United Arab Emirates has a national goal of colonizing Mars by 2117, and China seeks to modernize its entire manufacturing process to produce cutting-edge technologies and research advances by 2025. How are other countries using the internet and emerging technologies to their advantage?
This volume in the Global Viewpoints series examines 10 issues pertaining to the internet and technology, including access and censorship, alternative energy technologies, artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, cyberbullying, cybercrime, e-learning, GMO's, online privacy, and virtual and augmented reality. For each topic, the volume features eight country-level perspectives that span the world to allow for comparisons of different nations' specific approaches to the technology or issue.
This encyclopedia takes a new direction in understanding the importance and impact of emerging technologies on the world, showing that even when experiencing similar technologically related challenges or advances, these technologies do not form one-size-fits-all solutions for every nation and population. Even when nations develop similar technologies, human dimensions, from policy to social norms to culture, influence people and society across the world too.
- Shows the similarities and differences of emerging issues and successes surrounding technology development through perspectives from different world regions, allowing readers to make comparisons among the featured countries in each section
- Provides a brief primer on each technology and internet-related issue that functions as a baseline for each section
- Highlights that different countries and populations having similar societal needs often need to make dissimilar technology-related choices, usually due to varying internal and external pressures ranging from social values and political systems to economic needs and developmental goals
- Includes photographs that help to illuminate the text
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Table of Contents
Examining Internet and Technology around the World
Contributors: Steckman, Laura;Abstract:This book offers comparative insights into the challenges and opportunities surrounding emerging technology and the internet as it is used and perceived throughout the world, providing students with cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives.
The United Arab Emirates has a national goal of colonizing Mars by 2117, and China seeks to modernize its entire manufacturing process to produce cutting-edge technologies and research advances by 2025. How are other countries using the internet and emerging technologies to their advantage?
This volume in the Global Viewpoints series examines 10 issues pertaining to the internet and technology, including access and censorship, alternative energy technologies, artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, cyberbullying, cybercrime, e-learning, GMO's, online privacy, and virtual and augmented reality. For each topic, the volume features eight country-level perspectives that span the world to allow for comparisons of different nations' specific approaches to the technology or issue.
This encyclopedia takes a new direction in understanding the importance and impact of emerging technologies on the world, showing that even when experiencing similar technologically related challenges or advances, these technologies do not form one-size-fits-all solutions for every nation and population. Even when nations develop similar technologies, human dimensions, from policy to social norms to culture, influence people and society across the world too.
- Shows the similarities and differences of emerging issues and successes surrounding technology development through perspectives from different world regions, allowing readers to make comparisons among the featured countries in each section
- Provides a brief primer on each technology and internet-related issue that functions as a baseline for each section
- Highlights that different countries and populations having similar societal needs often need to make dissimilar technology-related choices, usually due to varying internal and external pressures ranging from social values and political systems to economic needs and developmental goals
- Includes photographs that help to illuminate the text
Editor(s): Steckman, Laura;SortTitle: examining internet and technology around the worldAuthor Info:Laura M. SteckmaneditorLaura M. Steckman, PhD, is a fellow with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Southeast Asian Studies. She is coeditor of Online Around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps.
eISBN-13: 9781440867224Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440867224.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440867217Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 408Publication Date: 20201231Series: Global Viewpoints- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Series Foreword ix10
- Preface xi12
- Introduction xiii14
- Chapter 1: Access and Control 126
- Chapter 2: Cyberbullying 3762
- Chapter 3: Cybercrime 7398
- Chapter 4: E-Learning Issues and Trends 109134
- Chapter 5: Online Privacy 149174
- Chapter 6: Alternative Energy Technologies 185210
- Chapter 7: Artificial Intelligence (AI) 223248
- Chapter 8: Autonomous Robots 259284
- Chapter 9: Genetically Modified Organisms 295320
- Chapter 10: Virtual and Augmented Reality 331356
- Selected Bibliography 365390
- About the Editor and Contributors 367392
- Index 373398