|
Showing 1 - 9 of
9 matches in All Departments
According to Carl J. Couch, the history of human society is one of
successive, sometimes overlapping, information technologies used to
process the various symbolic representations that inform social
contexts. Unlike earlier "media" theorists who ignored social
context in order to concentrate on the information technologies
themselves, Couch implements a consistent theory of interpersonal
and intergroup relations to describe the essential interface
between information technologies and the social contexts in which
they are used. Couch emphasizes the formative capacities of
information technologies across historical epochs and cultures, and
places them within the major institutional relations of various
societies. He views social orders as reflexively shaped by the
information technologies that participants use, and as susceptible
to mass brutality and oppression due to oligarchic control though
he hopes technology will remain humane. The original edition of
this manuscript was nearly complete at the time of Couch's death
and was brought to completion by two of his closest associates. Now
after two decades, during which its impact is indisputable, it has
been updated for a new generation of students and scholars.
Additions include discussions on books in the digital age, social
media, mobile telephones, recordings, participatory culture, and
more.
According to Carl J. Couch, the history of human society is one of
successive, sometimes overlapping, information technologies used to
process the various symbolic representations that inform social
contexts. Unlike earlier "media" theorists who ignored social
context in order to concentrate on the information technologies
themselves, Couch implements a consistent theory of interpersonal
and intergroup relations to describe the essential interface
between information technologies and the social contexts in which
they are used. Couch emphasizes the formative capacities of
information technologies across historical epochs and cultures, and
places them within the major institutional relations of various
societies. He views social orders as reflexively shaped by the
information technologies that participants use, and as susceptible
to mass brutality and oppression due to oligarchic control though
he hopes technology will remain humane. The original edition of
this manuscript was nearly complete at the time of Couch's death
and was brought to completion by two of his closest associates. Now
after two decades, during which its impact is indisputable, it has
been updated for a new generation of students and scholars.
Additions include discussions on books in the digital age, social
media, mobile telephones, recordings, participatory culture, and
more.
The idea of a joint ESO / Australia meeting on the large number of
exciting new facilities that are, or will soon be, available tihne
southern hemisphere arose quite naturally. In the optical and the
near-infrared, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) will soon be
operational. In the radio, the Australia Telescope Com pact Array
is going to be upgraded to higher frequencies (20 and 100 GHz),
together with an improvement in very long baseline interferometry
(VLBI) facil ities. Other major facilities, such as the Large
Millimetre Array and the lkT are being planned. Moreover, new deep
surveys are underway in the southern hemi sphere: the southern
Hubble Deep Field, the ESO Imaging Survey (BIS), pan oramic deep
surveys with the UK Schmidt telescope, and the Anglo-Australian
Telescope (AAT) 2dF galaxy/QSO redshift survey in the optical; and
the Parkes multibeam HI survey and Molonglo Observatory Synthesis
Telescope (MOST) Wide Field continuum survey at radio wavelengths.
With all these new facilities, important progress will be made
regarding important issues such as the large scale structure of the
universe, the very early universe and the associated first epoch of
galaxy formation. The generation of large databases, and the oppor
tunity for sensitive follow-up observations in complementary
wavebands, mean that coordinated radio, infrared and optical
projects in the southern hemisphere are likely to become
increasingly attractive and important.
This is an edited collection of essential readings on Reserves
Management and Sovereign Wealth Management, from the recent SAA
conference organized by the Bank for International Settlements, the
European Central Bank and the World Bank Treasury. It offers an
exchange of views on technical and implemental issues of financial
models.
This is an edited collection of essential readings on Reserves
Management and Sovereign Wealth Management, from the recent SAA
conference organized by the Bank for International Settlements, the
European Central Bank and the World Bank Treasury. It offers an
exchange of views on technical and implemental issues of financial
models.
This edited volume contains essential readings for financial
analysts and market practitioners working at Central Banks and
Sovereign Wealth Funds. It presents the reader with
state-of-the-art methods that are directly implementable, and
industry 'best-practices' as followed by leading institutions in
their field.
"This edited volume contains essential readings for financial
analysts and market practitioners working at Central Banks and
Sovereign Wealth Funds. It presents the reader with
state-of-the-art methods that are directly implementable, and
industry 'best-practices' as followed by leading institutions in
their field"--Provided by publisher.
Contemporary Studies in Sociology
|
|