Introduction We are today at the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This post discusses the dramatic impact of the First Industrial Revolution on society and introduces some of the possibilities for how life will change in the Fourth. Organisations are responding to the revolution with Digital Transformation with varying degrees of success. Advice is …
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Why We Need Better Public Understanding and Debate About The Impact of Information Technology
Since 2011, when the Impact of Information Systems on Society blog started, our understanding of and beliefs about how information technology impacts peoples’ lives have changed dramatically. At that time, uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia were deposing dictators and information technology was thought to have allowed this to happen, particularly through social media enabling …
Technology’s Impact This Week: August 26th 2017
This is the first of a possibly more regular commentary on the impact that information technology is having on society, based on recent developments. This post is based on items posted in my Twitter feed: @impactofinfo Comments on its value and on how it might be improved are welcome to pdcarr@uwaterloo.ca This week a book …
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Introduction
Information technology has been associated with most aspects of today's society. Most significant areas of most people's lives in developed countries and increasingly in developing countries have a presence of information technology. This blog exists to better understand the implications of this for the world now and in the future. What should we be concerned …
Welcome to Impact of Information Systems on Society
Hi Everybody: This blog is intended to support the MSci 442 course at the University of Waterloo. Materials and resources from the course will be posted here and it is hoped that they may be of value to others interested in the impact of information systems on organisations and society. You are encouraged to comment …
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