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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"social technology"”.
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Is today's social technology impacting written communications? A single case examination of an introduction to agricultural education writing assignment
With increasing societal reliance upon social technology and technological advances, it is critical for communicators as well as educators to understand the impact that social technology use may have on the quality of written communications. While multiple researchers (Irlbeck & Akers, 2009; …
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The cybernetics of socio-economic change and development - Social technology: The organisation of the change and evolution of socio-economic systems
… degeneration and regeneration, cultural and social decay and expansion, deforestation, ideological resolution and conflict, economic waste and efficiency, and information and noise explosion. This discussion focuses upon the flow of socio-economic systems as directed and influenced by …
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A framework for understanding the adoption and impact of socially focused business practices
Two trends have emerged where technology plays a dominant role in aiding organizations to meet their goals. The first is a trend where organizations are engaging customers in developing business strategy. The second is a trend where organizations are discovering, promoting, and adapting to process …
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Interfaces entre identidade, memória e comercialização da produção artesanal no território do sisal / Bahia: o artesanato como fator de desenvolvimento local
… It is an empirical study of handicrafts as a social phenomenon and their relationship to local development. The object of this study is research on master-craftsman from the Sisal Territory in Bahia, Brazil and on their popular knowledge. The object of this research is a mapping of …
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Realizing Sustained School Improvement
… the work pointed to the need for an improved social technology, the importance of teams, and shared leadership in the orchestrating of successful school improvement processes, particularly the essential roles of collective listening, learning, and leading to realize transformed outcomes for …
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Designing disclosure
… a pragmatic investigation into the process of social techno logy design. Specifically, it was focused on the design of social utilities, which are technologies that enable new spheres of virtual social interaction. This aim was achieve d through the investigation and transcription of the …
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The Limits of Law as Technology for Environmental Policy: A Case Study of the Bronx Community Paper Company
This thesis examines environmental law as a social technology, using approaches from science and technology studies, including methods for studying controversies as well as actornetwork and technology transfer concepts. Legal technologies, including statutes, regulations, and lawsuits, have become …
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Toward a Smart Civic Engagement: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in E-Government Applications
… apps) encourages municipalities to adopt this technology to improve citizen engagement to improve urban livability. These apps support creating a partnership between the local government and citizens to improve urban development, monitor public services, and report local government …
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Can buzz on Twitter predict TV ratings and viewers? : a study of US TV shows premiering in fall 2013
Watching television has always been a social activity. People like to sit down with friends and family to watch it and then discuss it not only with one's friends and family but at work (water cooler conversations). Just as television has moved ahead with advances in technology, so too has our …
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Fabricação digital para a produção de barracas das festas de largo de Salvador: experimentações na Festa da Conceição da Praia
… as a democratic path within a context of social technology development with the inclusion of the stallholder community. This will generate an alternative model for the "Festa de Largo" stall. We approach discussions in the field of DM/MC from the perspective of democratizing the project as …
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Designing technologies for exposure to diverse opinions
… diversity-enhancing technologies—information and social technologies that host diverse viewpoints and take increasing users' exposure to information that challenges their existing beliefs as a design goal. In this dissertation, I seek to answer the following question: What kind of design features …
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Administrators' Perceptions of Using Social Media as a Tool for Learning
… investigate administrators' perceptions of using social media as a tool for learning. A review of literature revealed a disconnect between the technology students rely on outside of school versus what they use and have access to during school and leads to us to question if social media can be used …
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Family caregiving, home medical devices, and the sociotechnical system: Bringing the biomedical sciences into the bioethics discourse
… I argue they are cultural artifacts reflecting social values and practices. These values are imbued in these technologies' development and design by biomedical scientists and engineers who create them. These same people, though, are separated from the values and needs of family caregivers, …
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Worker Use Of Social Media For Informal Learning In A Corporate Environment
… find out what they need to know. How can use of social media technologies benefit the knowledge worker and the corporate workplace? This study presents a closer look at the use, perceptions, and reflections of active social media users within the corporate environment. The purpose of this study …
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O sarau como tecnologia social do empreendedorismo cultural: a força da identidade cultural local
… Essa dissertação configura-se em uma tecnologia social, pois propõe um saber que possa ser utilizado em comunidades para fomentar e desenvolver as forças empreendedoras locais no âmbito da cultura e das artes. Tratamos os empreendedores culturais como aqueles que são voltados para a emancipação e …
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What do healthcare providers think of patients who use the Internet?: An exploratory study
The Internet is a technology that is influencing multiple human factors (i.e. cognitive and social). Adults who seek information on the Internet about their health conditions are becoming more common. Providers have been wary of patient information searches, fearing that, at worst, conflicting …