scholarly journals Human-Computer Interaction against climate change: review of a controversy

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 9, Number 1, Special... (Special Issue...) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Rivière
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Progressive Change ◽  
Consumption Reduction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Interaction

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a means for Information and Communication Technologies to help facing the climate-change challenge. Researchers have conducted work on this way for two decades. They followed the track of progressive change through persuasion for individual consumption reduction. This track is however seriously discussed, what leads the community to retarget coming research. This paper reviews the main criticisms of the controversy that takes place in the community, and considers a possible track to overcome the problems: a radical change through new social practices. Un des moyens par lesquels les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication peuvent contribuer à faire face au défi du changement climatique est par l’Interaction Homme-Machine. Des travaux de recherche ont déjà été conduits en ce sens depuis deux décennies. La voie empruntée, d’un changement progressif par réduction de la consommation individuelle, est cependant remise en cause sur certains points, ce qui doit amener la communauté à réorienter les prochains travaux de recherche. Cet article assemble les principales critiques issues de la controverse qui animent la communauté et envisage une voie ouverte pour remédier à cette remise en question : un changement radical par de nouvelles pratiques sociales.

Communicating in the Information Society

2008 ◽  
pp. 26-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cantoni ◽  
Stefano Tardini
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

The present chapter provides a conceptual framework for the newest digital communication tools and for the practices they encourage, stressing the communication opportunities they offer and the limitations they impose. In this chapter, Internetbased communication technologies are regarded as the most recent step in the development of communication technologies. This approach helps have a broad perspective on the changes information and communication technologies (ICT) are bringing along in the social practices of so called knowledge society. As a matter of fact, these changes need to be considered within an “ecological” approach, that is, an approach that provides a very wide overview on the whole context (both in synchronic terms and in diachronic ones) where ICT are spreading. In the second part of the chapter, the authors present two examples of relevant social practices that are challenged by the most recent ICT, namely journalism (news market) and Internet search engines.

Community Informatics, Civil Society & Capability Approaches Converging to Cope With ‘Bifurcation Challenges’ in Current Societal Development

2011 ◽  
pp. 336-345
Author(s):  
Peter Crowley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter maps out various ‘bifurcation challenges’ to societal development, such as, (a) climate change (b) demographic change (c) the increasing urbanisation of society and (d) ‘food security.’ The research encapsulates a basic Human Rights approach to foster the acquirement of the necessary ‘capabilities’ to make informed discriminate choices, with regard to one’s personal development and to one’s community of reference. It further offers a concept of Civil Society of committed individuals, facilitating the discovery of new aspects of their identity, through their commitment to societal development. The three main concepts, in this chapter: 1. The ‘Community Informatics’ Concept, 2. The ‘Civil Society’ Concept and 3. The ‘Capabilities’ Concept, could, with the aid of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), converge, to cope with the current discernable bifurcation challenges to societal development.

Information and Communication Technologies for the Good Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 1709-1718
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Further Development

The appearance of notions of a “good society” does not come as a surprise, given the recent crises in the fields of economy, the financial markets, or the climate change. These notions play a decisive role in the context of implementing ICTs. This chapter contends that ICTs – like any technology – make sense in the context of normative visions only that make technology a means to an end. The vision of a good society must nowadays refer to the global challenges confronting the further development of societies. In doing so it identifies ICTs as facilitators of the advent of a Global Sustainable Information Society which makes ICTs meaningful or it classifies them as meaningless gadgets or even as detrimental for designing the future. It is Gunilla Bradley who can take credit for devoting her lifework to raising awareness of the impacts of ICTs on humans and the ethical implications of research in that field.

Influence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on the Digital Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 398-418
Author(s):  
Iguehi Joy Ikenwe ◽  
Charity Onoimiuko Adetona ◽  
Ose Francis Ose-Abame
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Ict Implementation ◽  
Information And Communication

The economy has taken a new facet in recent times through technologies like Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), ushering radical change in all sectors in developed and developing nations. ICT has transfigured the traditional services and productivity of libraries and other organizations to more sophisticated methods. A powerful catalyst of this change is digital transformation, integrating ICTs into the economy, referred to as the “digital” economy. However, the chapter identified ingredients of the digital economy, and spheres ICT have influenced the digital economy. Information and Communication Technology Council (ICTC) and Spires and Barlett frameworks were adopted to buttress digital skill sets required for functioning effectively in the digital economy. Additionally, the chapter examines the promising future of ICT and the importance of entrepreneurship. Challenges were identified to affect full ICT implementation by developing countries in the digital economy. The chapter concluded that ICT is a key determinant and contributor to economic development in many nations.

The Negative Impact of ICT Waste on Environment and Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 1330-1343
Author(s):  
Walied Askarzai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

Global warming and climate change are growing issues of concern for businesses, governments and individuals. This is so because business activities in particular, based around the philosophies of ‘profit maximization’, play a crucial role in the harming of the environment. Therefore, achieving a sustainable future is also a responsibility of businesses. Furthermore, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and its components are directly responsible for production of significant amount of electronic waste and Green House Gases (GHGs). This chapter will examine and analyze the negative impact of ICTs waste on environment and health. The chapter will also discuss how ICTs can be used as a tool to mitigate climate change and assist businesses reach a sustainable green goal.

The Negative Impact of ICT Waste on Environment and Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 242-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walied Askarzai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

Global warming and climate change are growing issues of concern for businesses, governments and individuals. This is so because business activities in particular, based around the philosophies of ‘profit maximization’, play a crucial role in the harming of the environment. Therefore, achieving a sustainable future is also a responsibility of businesses. Furthermore, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and its components are directly responsible for production of significant amount of electronic waste and Green House Gases (GHGs). This chapter will examine and analyze the negative impact of ICTs waste on environment and health. The chapter will also discuss how ICTs can be used as a tool to mitigate climate change and assist businesses reach a sustainable green goal.

Information and Communication Technologies for the Good Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 434-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Further Development

The appearance of notions of a “good society” does not come as a surprise, given the recent crises in the fields of economy, the financial markets, or the climate change. These notions play a decisive role in the context of implementing ICTs. This chapter contends that ICTs – like any technology – make sense in the context of normative visions only that make technology a means to an end. The vision of a good society must nowadays refer to the global challenges confronting the further development of societies. In doing so it identifies ICTs as facilitators of the advent of a Global Sustainable Information Society which makes ICTs meaningful or it classifies them as meaningless gadgets or even as detrimental for designing the future. It is Gunilla Bradley who can take credit for devoting her lifework to raising awareness of the impacts of ICTs on humans and the ethical implications of research in that field.

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT, EVOLUTION AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Shaibu Adona Sadiku
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Retrieval Systems ◽  
Concept Evolution ◽  
The Status ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Library Development

The adoption of information and communication technologies in information environment has made a radical change in information management. One of such revolutions has exhibited in the form of digital libraries. The evolution of digital libraries has ensured the emergence of global networked environment that has dramatically changed the status of libraries, their processes, service delivery as well as storage and retrieval systems. This paper examines the development of digital libraries, the concept, characteristics, funding, infrastructure, and ICT policy in Nigeria. The paper enumerates a number of challenges hindering the development of digital libraries in Nigeria and proffers some recommendations.

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