The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society (Oxford Handbooks)

This book is a guide into the increasingly interconnected domains of digital technology and society. It presents extensive reviews into several domains affected by digital technology and media, such as health, politics, and interpersonal relationships, which are developed from the findings of the “Ways of Being in a Digital Age” project commissioned by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The book includes interdisciplinary, comprehensive reviews on central aspects of the current digital age. Aside from a look into the methodology of the ESRC project, the book contains chapters discussing individual and relational domains to more organizational, community, and citizenship domains, and then to more societal and governance domains. The chapters within each section provide a solid foundation for understanding the current state of research and theory in each of these areas, and for grounding future research, theory, and practice. They also bring to bear literature from a wide variety of disciplines, necessary for understanding the interrelationships between digital technology and society. Front Matter Copyright Page Preface List of Figures List of Tables About the Contributors 1 Overview Introduction to the Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society: Terms, Domains, and Themes ESRC Review: Methodology 2 Health, Age, and Home ESRC Review: Health and Well-Being Computer-Mediated Communication and Mental Health: A Computational Scoping Review of an Interdisciplinary Field Digital Inclusion and Women’s Health and Well-Being in Rural Communities Digital Technology for Older People: A Review of Recent Research A Digital Nexus: Sustainable HCI and Domestic Resource Consumption 3 Communication and Relationships ESRC Review: Communication and Relationships Media Mastery by College Students: A Typology and Review Boundary Management and Communication Technologies 4 Organizational Contexts ESRC Review: Economy and Organizations The Changing Nature of Knowledge and Service Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines Workplace “Digital Culture” and the Uptake of Digital Solutions: Personal and Organizational Factors 5 Communities, Identities, and Class ESRC Review: Communities and Identities Digital Engagement and Class: Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital in a Digital Age 6 Citizenship, Politics, and Participation ESCR Review: Citizenship and Politics Digital Ecology of Free Speech: Authenticity, Identity, and Self-Censorship 7 Data, Representation, and Sharing ESRC Review: Data and Representation Digital Citizenship in the Age of Datafication Digitizing Cultural Complexity: Representing Rich Cultural Data in a Big Data Environment Motivations for Online Knowledge Sharing 8 Governance and Accountability ESCR Review: Governance and Security Governance and Accountability in Internet of Things (IoT) Networks 9 Synthesis ESRC Review: Future Research on the Social, Organizational, and Personal Impacts of Automation: Findings from Two Expert Panels Conclusion: Cross-Cutting, Unique, and General Themes in the Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society End Matter Index Required reading for anyone interested in the profound relationship between digital technology and society. Digital technology has become an undeniable facet of our social lives, defining our governments, communities, and personal identities. Yet with these technologies in ongoing evolution, it is difficult to gauge the full extent of their societal impact, leaving researchers and policy makers with the challenge of staying up-to-date on a field that is constantly in flux. The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society provides students, researchers, and practitioners across the technology and social science sectors with a comprehensive overview of the foundations for understanding the various relationships between digital technology and society. Combining robust computer-aided reviews of current literature from the UK Economic and Social Research Council's commissioned project "Ways of Being in a Digital Age" with newly commissioned chapters, this handbook illustrates the upcoming research questions and challenges facing the social sciences as they address the societal impacts of digital media and technologies across seven broad categories: citizenship and politics, communities and identities, communication and relationships, health and well-being, economy and sustainability, data and representation, and governance and security. Individual chapters feature important practical and ethical explorations into topics such as technology and the aging, digital literacies, work-home boundary, machines in the workforce, digital censorship and surveillance, big data governance and regulation, and technology in the public sector. The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society will equip readers with the necessary starting points and provocations in the field so that scholars and policy makers can effectively assess future research, practice, and policy. -- Provided by publisher The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society will equip readers with the necessary starting points and provocations in the fields of social science and technology so that students, scholars, and policy makers can effectively assess future research, practice, and policy.