Globalization and ICT
- Globalization processes
- Glocalization processes
- Values, norms
- Labour market (outsourcing,integration,mobility)
- Universal access
- Virtual worlds
- Global villages
- Rethinking economical and social theories
- Human capital theory
- Sustainability, Democracy
- Global catastrophes
- Vulnerability
- Surveillance
Life role and ICT
- Citizen’s role
- Professional role
- Leadership role
- Private role
- Virtual roles
- Home of the future
- Mobile life
- Role conflicts
Life environment and ICT
- Psychosocial environment
- Work environment/Work place
- Work content – Work tasks
- Organizational structure
- Decision support systems
- Human-human communication
- Power structure-formal and informal
- Leadership
- Career patterns
- Influence/Participation
- Working hours and Salary/Compensation
- Work Pace/Work Load
- Physical and Ergonomic conditions
- Learning and Knowledge Growth
- Home Environment
- Public Environment/Sphere
- Private Environment/Sphere
- Virtual Environment/Sphere
- Virtual (on-line) communities
- Organisational Design and Management
- Psychosocial Work Environment
Effects on Humans
- Analyses of impact as well as technology contributing to
desirable human qualities
- Psychosocial impact
- Life styles
- Human needs (meaningfulness, belonging, autonomy,
confidence)
- Happiness and fun
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- Wellbeing and health
- Dependency
- Identity
- Integrity
- Trust – security – privacy
- Addictiveness (games)
- Availability
- Motivation
- Human memory
- Cybersickness
- Stress (over- and understimulation)
- Workload
- Fatigue
- Love and Relationship
- Skills and competencies
- Creativity
- Problem solving
- Social competence
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- ICT applications and systems contributing to
desirable goals (below)
Perspectives
- Social and psychosocial
- Cross-cultural
- Ethical
- Theoretical
- Gender
- Class
- Rural – urban
- Multimodal
- Economic
Desirable goals
- Integration
- Humanization
- Reducing poverty
- Bridging the digital gap
- Freedom of expression
- Democratization
- E-cooperation
- Peace
- Sustainability (environmental, social, economical)
- Wellbeing Health
- Human welfare
- Quality of life
Actions for reaching the Good Information
Society
- Design of societal systems – rethinking
- Individual level
- Community (physical and virtual) level
- Governmental level
- International level
- Civil society and social change communities |
