Examining Internet and Technology around the World

Buch | Hardcover

408 Seiten

2020
ABC-CLIO (Verlag)
978-1-4408-6721-7 (ISBN)

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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.

This volume examines issues pertaining to the internet and technology, including access and censorship, alternative energy technologies, artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, cyberbullying, cybercrime, e-learning, GMOs, 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 differently.

Laura 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 (ABC-CLIO, 2017).

Series Foreword
Preface
Introduction

1. Access and Control
Overview
Canada
Cuba
Estonia
Ethiopia
Iran
Malaysia
North Korea
Uganda

2. Cyberbullying
Overview
Australia
Costa Rica
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Qatar
South Africa
United States

3. Cybercrime
Overview
Brazil
Ecuador
Egypt
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Philippines
Russia
United States

4. E-Learning Issues and Trends
Overview
Argentina
Ethiopia
Ghana
India
Oman
Russia
South Korea
United States

5. Online Privacy
Overview
Colombia
Finland
India
Nigeria
Philippines
Russia
Saudi Arabia
United States

6. Alternative Energy Technologies
Overview
Bolivia
Iceland
India
Mexico
Morocco
Pakistan
Uganda
United States

7. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Overview
Argentina
China
Estonia
Nigeria
Russia
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States

8. Autonomous Robots
Overview
China
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Germany
Israel
Mexico
South Korea
United Kingdom
United States

9. Genetically Modified Organisms
Overview
Chile
Germany
India
Kenya
Mexico
Philippines
South Africa
United States

10. Virtual and Augmented Reality
Overview
Brazil
China
Germany
New Zealand
Pakistan
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
United States

Selected Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Global Viewpoints
Zusatzinfo	27 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	992 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4408-6721-6 / 1440867216
ISBN-13	978-1-4408-6721-7 / 9781440867217
Zustand	Neuware