Computing our way to paradise?: the role of Internet and communication technologies in sustainable consumption and globalization
2010; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 47; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.47-6910
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Information Society and Technology Trends
ResumoChapter 1 Foreword: Global Social Narcosis at the Speed of Light: How the Internet and Communications Technologies are gobbling resources, eradicating cultures, and destroying the planet, and what can be done to stop the runaway train Chapter 2 Chapter 1. ICTs and Globalization: Asking Important Questions Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Poverty of Affluence: Sustainable Consumption and Global Environmental Change Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Virtual Morality: Globalization, ICTs, and Sustainable Consumption Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Lulled to Complacency: ICTs and Energy and Materials Consumption Chapter 6 Chapter 5. The Efficiency Paradox: Intensity and Consumption Chapter 7 Chapter 6. From Social Meanings to Global Conformity: ICTs and the Global Commons Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Pathological Tendencies: The Health Link Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Incantations and ICTs: A Global Ideological Pervasion Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Redefining Reality, Transforming Values Chapter 11 Chapter 10. Global Transformations: Serious Considerations and Promising Opportunities
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