Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World

Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World
Author: Blayne Haggart
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2019-06-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030145409

This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology, women’s and gender studies, and Science and Technology Studies, who consider how the control of knowledge is shaping our everyday lives. From “weaponised copyright” as a censorship tool, to the battle over control of the internet’s “guts,” to the effects of state surveillance at the Mexico–U.S. border, this book offers a coherent way to understand the nature of power in the twenty-first century.

Information Technology Control and Audit

Information Technology Control and Audit
Author: Frederick Gallegos
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Total Pages: 624
Release: 1999-06-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780849399947

As you know, today's complex computing environment and shrinking departmental budgets make it vital for IT auditors and security professionals to have practical guidance on conducting audits and ensuring security in today's stretched and quickly changing computing environments. Whether you're new to IT auditing or have years of experience, Information Technology Control and Audit provides you with tools and techniques to solve the audit, control, and security problems and issues you face today. It provides guidance on conducting IT audits on new and legacy systems, coverage of changes in financial and computing standards, explanations of the vulnerabilities of emerging systems, and tips on how to do your job more effectively.

The New Knowledge

The New Knowledge
Author: Blayne Haggart
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2023-06-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538160889

From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledge—particularly over data and intellectual property—has become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power. For companies and governments alike, control over knowledge—what scholar Susan Strange calls the knowledge structure—has become a goal unto itself. The rising dominance of the knowledge structure is leading to a massive redistribution of power, including from individuals to companies and states. Strong intellectual property rights have concentrated economic benefits in a smaller number of hands, while the “internet of things” is reshaping basic notions of property, ownership, and control. In the scramble to create and control data and intellectual property, governments and companies alike are engaging in ever-more surveillance. The New Knowledge is a guide to and analysis of these changes, and of the emerging phenomenon of the knowledge-driven society. It highlights how the pursuit of the control over knowledge has become its own ideology, with its own set of experts drawn from those with the ability to collect and manipulate digital data. Haggart and Tusikov propose a workable path forward—knowledge decommodification—to ensure that our new knowledge is not treated simply as a commodity to be bought and sold, but as a way to meet the needs of the individuals and communities that create this knowledge in the first place.

A Changing World

A Changing World
Author: Felix Kienast
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2007-03-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402044364

Modern landscape research uses a panoply of techniques to further our understanding of our changing world, including mathematics, statistics and advanced simulation techniques to combine empirical observations with known theories. This book identifies emerging fields and new challenges that are discussed within the framework of the ‘driving forces’ of Landscape Development. the book addresses all of the ‘hot topics’ in this important area of study and emphasizes major contemporary trends in these fields.

Technology in a Changing World

Technology in a Changing World
Author: Gurinder S. Shahi
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0557049709

Selected papers by students of Singapore Management University

A Changing World

A Changing World
Author: Suzanne McMahon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000755053

This book, first published in 1993, examines how the newest technological developments in information storage and processing impact print-oriented libraries. Find answers to questions on how libraries can utilize the awesome speed, remarkable storage capacity, and universal access of the new technology. Authoritative contributors provide insight, inspirations, and practical experience to the three major areas of changing technologies, changing information worldwide, and strategies and responses of libraries to these rapid changes. A Changing World looks at the future of the electronic network medium and how it will provide opportunities for accessing and using information that so far have been unimagined by the print-dominated information industry. Enlightening chapters explore the feasibility of electronic serials as a realistic replacement for print journals, the future of automated serials control systems, and the effects of information technologies on libraries as systems and librarianship as a profession. Discover timely indications for ten-year trends of the globalization of research, scholarly information, and patents. Specific international influences on information are examined including the implications of the European Community internal market for scholarly publishing and distribution, the influence of rapid changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union on scholarly publishing, and scholarly information and serials in politically turbulent Latin American countries.

Diverse Perspectives on Aging in a Changing World

Diverse Perspectives on Aging in a Changing World
Author: Gillian Joseph
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 131727086X

Focusing on under-researched aspects of social, economic and political change, this volume offers fresh insights into aging, older people and their families. It combines an international and interdisciplinary approach. Chapters explore the contexts in which family roles, institutional practices, public policies and social and cultural discourses evolve, connecting analyses of aging issues and policy development with sound research practices, as well as previously-ignored gaps in professional practice. Topics covered include politics and policy, health and social care, culture and migration, urban and rural sociology, gender studies, technology and economics. The book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in gerontology, community development, geography and population studies, along with researchers and professionals in physiotherapy, nursing and social work.

Managing Information and Communications in a Changing Global Environment

Managing Information and Communications in a Changing Global Environment
Author: Information Resources Management Association. International Conference
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781878289315

Advances of information and communications technologies have created new forces in managing organizations. These forces are leading modern organizations to reassess their current structures to become more effective in the growing global economy. This Proceedings is aimed at the challenges involved in effective utilization and management of technologies in contemporary organizations.

Information Technology Control and Audit

Information Technology Control and Audit
Author: Sandra Senft
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2008-11-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1420065548

The headline-grabbing financial scandals of recent years have led to a great urgency regarding organizational governance and security. Information technology is the engine that runs modern organizations, and as such, it must be well-managed and controlled. Organizations and individuals are dependent on network environment technologies, increasing t