You might look into the past with research in to women and technology I was thinking of Susan Hacker and using google scholar this would be the book I think I read " Doing it the Hard Way": Investigations of Gender and Technology S Hacker, DE Smith, SM Turner - 1990 - Unwin Hyman I choose that one because I believe you said social sciences and thus labour might be a topic. I think She studied various women's job in technology I also think Cyborgs@ Cyberspace? An Ethnographer Looks Into the Future D Hakken - 1999 - London: Routledge provides some frame works for studies. I tired using his scales of study but failed to find a project I could apply them too but it is also a good start for social studies. He also looked inside high tech workplaces. And he is cultural. I think the web designers might also like this brush with "studies" also for web designers which I am partly, I love reading the career advise book CyberCareers by Mary E.S. Morris and Paul Massie and published by Sun Microsystems a few years ago. Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa. just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. On 9-Dec-07, at 1:13 PM, Nicole Ellison wrote:
Hi all, Hope you all are well! I am looking for some reading recommendations for a class I'm teaching this spring. It is an MA-level course in a technology-focused department with two tracks - one focused on web design and the other on social science and policy. The course is called "Organizations and Technology" and the description is quite broad. I am looking to revamp the class, most likely with a focus on industry developments and the ways in which various orgs are incorporating/capitalizing on "web 2.0" features.
Any suggestions re: readings? Some I am already evaluating: Nicholas Carr's "Does IT Matter," "Information Rules" (Shapiro and Varian), "Long Tail" (Anderson), and "Wikinomics" (Tapscott and Williams). Article suggestions are welcome as well.
Thanks much in advance!
Nicole
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