[Asis-l] (New Book) Multiculturalism and Information and Communication Technology, by Pnina Fichman and Madelyn R. Sanfilippo

[David Schlangen]

I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool’s series on
Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services:



Multiculturalism and Information and Communication Technology
Pnina Fichman and Madelyn R. Sanfilippo
Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, School of Informatics and
Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington
Paperback: 9781608457748 / $35.00 / £22.50
eBook ISBN: 9781608457755

November 2013, 101 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.2200/S00543ED1V01Y201310ICR030  


Research on multiculturalism and information and communication technology
(ICT) has been important to understanding recent history, planning for
future large-scale initiatives, and understanding unrealized expectations
for social and technological change. This interdisciplinary area of research
has examined interactions between ICT and culture at the group and society
levels. However, there is debate within the literature as to the nature of
the relationship between culture and technology. In this synthesis, we
suggest that the tensions result from the competing ideologies that drive
researchers, allowing us to conceptualize the relationship between culture
and ICT under three primary models, each with its own assumptions: 1) Social
informatics, 2) Social determinism, and 3) Technological determinism. Social
informatics views the relationship to be one of sociotechnical interaction,
in which culture and ICTs affect each other mutually and iteratively, rather
than linearly; the vast majority of the literature approach the
relationships between ICT and culture under the assumptions of social
informatics. From a socially deterministic perspective, ICTs are viewed as
the dependent variable in the equation, whereas, from a technologically
deterministic perspective, ICTs are an independent variable. The issues of
multiculturalism and ICTs attracted much scholarly attention and have been
explored under a myriad of contexts, with substantial literature on global
development, social and political issues, business and public administration
as well as education and scholarly collaboration. We synthesize here
research in the areas of global development, social and political issues,
and business collaboration. Finally we conclude by proposing under-explored
areas for future research directions.
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