Ebook174 pages5 hours
Computers in the Service of Society
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Computers in the Service of Society examines the role of computers in contemporary society. Based on a seminar series given in the spring of 1969 and co-sponsored by The American University, the book discusses the different societal problems that may be ameliorated by the application of computer technology. The focus of the book is on man’s response to computers, whether the multiple roles of the computer can be comprehended by the decision makers of our times, and whether the vast potential as well as limitations of automatic data processing can be conveyed to the public at large. The book consists of 10 chapters and begins with an overview of the evolution and impact of systems methodology and computer technology; their application to the management of information; and Congress’s increasing awareness of the potential of systems technology, especially the electronic computer. The text then turns its attention to the development of policies for national scientific and technical information systems; systems management in government; how computers help the government in serving society; and acceptance and use of computer technology by corporate management. The possibility of computer-utility services evolving as regulated services is also considered. The book concludes by assessing where the computer is likely to take us in the last third of the 20th century, paying particular attention to the possibility of applying computer technology to the operations of Congress and the legislative process. The text will be of interest to planners, decision makers, professionals, and students working in the field of computer technology.
Related to Computers in the Service of Society
Related ebooks
Information Technology Serving Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInformation Technology Research and Development: Critical Trends and Issues Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParallel Systems: Redundancy in Government Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScience, Computers, and the Information Onslaught: A Collection of Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Office of the Future: Communication and Computers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArtificial Intelligence for the Internet of Everything Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5People and Information: Pergamon General Psychology Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPattern-Directed Inference Systems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThinking Computers and Virtual Persons: Essays on the Intentionality of Machines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Myth of Digital Democracy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsData Democracy: At the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, and Knowledge Engineering Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOpen Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiberty and Research and Development: Science Funding in a Free Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSocial Networking as a Motivator for Social Gathering: Social Networking, Activism, Protesting, and Law Enforcement Collaboration Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComponent Database Systems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Campus Strategies for Libraries and Electronic Information Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParallel Computer Vision Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Democracy Index: Why Our Election System Is Failing and How to Fix It Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Living with Robots: Emerging Issues on the Psychological and Social Implications of Robotics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Handbook of Multisource Feedback Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsManaging Privacy: Information Technology and Corporate America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSmart City Governance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWharton on Making Decisions Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Scientific and Technological Communication Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArtificial Intelligence in Behavioral and Mental Health Care Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Anthropology For You
The Way of the Shaman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad---and Surprising Good---About Feeling Special Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of the American People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Body Language Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bruce Lee Wisdom for the Way Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRegarding the Pain of Others Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermined America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories of Rootworkers & Hoodoo in the Mid-South Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Survive in Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Matter of the Mind: The Culturally Articulated Unconscious Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Serpent and the Rainbow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future---Updated With a New Epilogue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Computers in the Service of Society
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Computers in the Service of Society - Robert Lee Chartrand
_ۤ[ book_preview_excerpt.html
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1