Selected Readings on Global Information Technology: Contemporary Applications

Selected Readings on Global Information Technology: Contemporary Applications

Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 516

ISBN13: 9781605661162|ISBN10: 1605661163|EISBN13: 9781605661179

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-116-2

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Selected Readings on Global Information Technology supplements course instruction and student research with quality chapters focused on key issues concerning the development, design, and analysis of global IT.

Containing over 30 chapters from authors across the globe, these selected readings in areas such as knowledge sharing, ICTs, and globalization depict the most relevant and important areas of classroom discussion within the categories of fundamental concepts and theories; development and design methodologies; tools and technologies; application and utilization; critical issues; and emerging trends.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Prologue

Chapters

Fundamental Concepts and Theories

Chapter 1

Knowledge, Culture, and Society in the Information Age (pages 1-20)

Pier Cesare Rivoltella

Informational society, mainly after the development of online and mobile devices, is changing the forms with which we build our image of the reality. Speed, virtuality, and networking are three of the factors of this change. Speed...

Chapter 2

Digital Divide: Introduction to the Problem (pages 21-36)

Liudmila Burtseva, Svetlana Cojocaru, Constantin Gaindric, Galina Magariu, Tatiana Verlan

In this chapter the authors introduce the digitaldivide concept to the reader, bring its different definitions, and describe the short history of the problem. The basic figures and facts, which characterize the information and...

Chapter 3

Global Digital Divide, Global Justice, Cultures, and Epistemology (pages 37-50)

Soraj Hongladarom

The problem of global digital divide, namely disparity in Internet access and use among the various regions of the world, is a growing concern. Even though, according to some reports, the gap is getting narrower, this does not mean...

Chapter 4

Digital Literacy and Cultural Mediations to the Digital Divide (pages 51-74)

Monica Fantin, Gilka Girardello

This chapter discusses the digital divide from the perspective of education and culture and highlights the forms in which the problem is presented in Brazil, understanding that it is not exclusive to this context. Given the complex...

Chapter 5

Cultural Impact on Global Knowledge Sharing (pages 75-90)

Timothy Shea, David Lewis

This chapter introduces how culture impacts global knowledge sharing. Effective knowledge sharing (KS), one of the four interdependent dimensions of knowledge management (KM), is particularly important in today’s global environment...

Chapter 6

E-Government, Democratic Governance and Integrative Prospects for Developing Countries: The Case for a Globally Federated Architecture (pages 91-109)

Jeffrey P. Roy

The objectives of this chapter are threefold: first, to provide a conceptual framework for understanding e-government as a set of four interrelated dimensions of public sector change; second, to consider the relevance and...

Development and Design Methodologies

Chapter 7

Capacity Development Initiatives for Marginal Communities: A Few Case Studies (pages 110-133)

M. Aminul Islam, Elena Murelli, Frederick Noronha, Hakikur Rahman

Capacity development initiatives for marginal communities with information and knowledge under the contemporary global scenario perhaps could be one of the effective instruments to make a meaningful change towards sustainable human...

Chapter 8

How to Globalize Online Course Content (pages 134-144)

Martin Schell

Considering that 347 languages have over 1 million speakers each and account for 94% of the world’s population, localization is unsustainable as a strategy for making online courses globally accessible. Writing Web content in Global...

Chapter 9

The Diffusion of New Technologies: Community Online Access Centres in Indigenous Communities in Australia (pages 145-154)

Anne Daly

This chapter presents data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing to highlight the low levels of computer and Internet usage by indigenous Australians. This result is not surprising, given the well-documented connection...

Chapter 10

Global Knowledge Management Technology Strategies and Competitive Functionality from Global IT in the International Construction Industry (pages 155-168)

William Schulte, Kevin J. O'Sullivan

Information and knowledge management technologies and globalization have changed how firms in service industries formulate, implement, and sustain competitive advantage. This research project contributes to our understanding of the...

Tools and Technologies

Chapter 11

Cross Cultural Adaptation in E-Learning (pages 169-181)

Emmanuel G Blanchard, Claude Frasson

This chapter introduces the concepts of culturally aware systems (CAWAS), a new family of adaptive systems that try to adapt learning contents and pedagogical strategies according to learners’ cultural background. CAWAS is based on...

Chapter 12

Globalisation and New Technology: The Challenge for Teachers to Become “Translators” and Children, Knowledge Seekers (pages 182-193)

André H. Caron

Whether globalisation results in a “métissage” of cultures or the hegemony of one culture will depend on the analytical and social skills of those who make up our communities. The introduction of new technologies in education such as...

Chapter 13

Modern Technology and Mass Education: A Case Study of a Global Virtual Learning System (pages 194-204)

Ahmed Ali

This case study examined the effectiveness and significance of the Internet and interactive video broadcasting as instructional and communication media in a global virtual learning system. The study explored how differences in...

Chapter 14

GlobalMind: Automated Analysis of Cultural Contexts with Multicultural Common-Sense Computing (pages 205-229)

Hyemin Chung, Henry Lieberman

The need for more effective communication between people of different countries has increased as travel and communications bring more of the world’s people together. Communication is often difficult because of both language...

Chapter 15

Challenges in Building a Culture-Centric Web Site (pages 230-244)

Tom S. Chan

This chapter discusses the challenges in constructing a culture-centric Web site. The Internet has expanded business opportunities into global marketplaces that were virtually unreachable in the past. With business Web sites reaching...

Utilization and Application

Chapter 16

Cultural Effects on Technology Performance and Utilization: A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Users (pages 245-276)

Susan K. Lippert, John A. Volkmar

Research to date on information technology (IT) adoption has focused primarily on homogeneous single country samples. This study integrates the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with Hofstede’s...

Chapter 17

Balancing Local Knowledge within Global Organisations through Computer-Based Systems: An Activity Theory Approach (pages 277-293)

Somya Joshi, Michael Barrett, Geoff Walsham, Sam Cappleman

This article investigates how, and with what success, global organisations design computer-based systems for knowledge sharing which aim to balance centralised and standardised approaches against more diverse local needs. The...

Chapter 18

Global Information Ethics: The Importance of Being Environmentally Earnest (pages 294-305)

Luciano Floridi

The article argues that Information Ethics (IE) can provide a successful approach for coping with the challenges posed by our increasingly globalized reality. After a brief review of some of the most fundamental transformations...

Chapter 19

Envisioning a National E-Medicine Network Architecture in a Developing Country: A Case Study (pages 306-326)

Fikreyohannes Lemma, Mieso K. Denko, Joseph K. Tan, Samuel Kinde Kassegne

Poor infrastructures in developing countries such as Ethiopia and much of Sub-Saharan Africa have caused these nations to suffer from lack of efficient and effective delivery of basic and extended medical and healthcare services....

Chapter 20

E-Government Strategies in Developed and Developing Countries: An Implementation Framework and Case Study (pages 327-346)

Y. N. Chen, H. M. Chen, W. Huang, R. K.H. Ching

Given the fact that more and more governments invest heavily in e-government design and implementation, e-government has become an evolving and important research area in the IS field. Most, if not all, currently published...

Critical Issues

Chapter 21

Social Institutional Explanations of Global Internet Diffusion: A Cross-Country Analysis (pages 347-372)

Hongxin Zhao, Seung Kim, Taewon Suh, Jianjun Du

This study attempts to examine empirically how social institutional factors relate to Internet diffusion in 39 countries. Based on nine-year crosscountry data, the analytical results show that the rule of law, educational systems...

Chapter 22

A Time Series Analysis of International ICT Spillover (pages 373-386)

Juan Juan Zhang, Sang-Yong Tom Lee

This article studies the role of international spillover of information and communication technology (ICT) in economic growth. We examine the performance of ten countries from 1982 to 1999. By empirically analyzing the relationship...

Chapter 23

ICT Based Learning: A Basic Ingredient for Socio-Economic Empowerment (pages 387-399)

Hakikur Rahman

ICT mediated learning provides utilities for achieving the goal of education for all, and in turn acts as an enabler in reducing the digital divide, reducing poverty, and promoting social inclusion. However, the integration of ICTs...

Chapter 24

IT Implementation in a Developing Country Municipality: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis (pages 400-419)

Clive Sanford, Anol Bhattacherjee

This article presents an interpretive analysis of the key problems and challenges to technology implementation in developing countries, based on a three-year case analysis of an IT project in a city government in Ukraine. We employ...

Chapter 25

Cultural Diversity Challenges: Issues for Managing Globally Distributed Knowledge Workers in Software Development (pages 420-437)

Haiyan Huang, Eileen M. Trauth

This chapter discusses cultural diversity challenges in globally distributed software development and the implications for educating and managing the future global information technology workforce. It argues that the work practices...

Emerging Trends

Chapter 26

E-Government Payoffs: Evidence from Cross-Country Data (pages 438-457)

Shirish C. Srivastava, Thompson S.H. Teo

Using secondary data from 99 countries and IT impact literature as the guiding theoretical perspective; we examine the payoffs from e-government in the form of national performance. We do this by initially examining the relationship...

Chapter 27

Going Global: A Technology Review (pages 458-469)

Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Denise Taylor

The World Wide Web opened the door for many organizations with international ambitions to go global. Organizations that did not have a global presence or access to international markets could create Web sites to offer...

Chapter 28

Indigenous Knowledges and Worldview: Representations and the Internet (pages 470-477)

Judy Iseke-Barnes, Deborah Danard

This chapter explores how representations of indigenous peoples on the Internet and other media are contextualized according to an outsider worldview, and that much of the information about indigenous peoples accessed through virtual...

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