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Social Context of Computing

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This chapter considers social issues in computing including the digital divide , workplace issues like employee monitoring , health risks due to computer use, and how these issues are changing with the changing computer technology. The chapter also covers a detailed discussion on a number of obstacles to overcoming the digital divide through digital inclusion within countries and globally. On workplace issues, the discussion focuses on the best practices to deal with the changing workplace issues resulting from the growing army of home-based workers and measuring employee productivity.

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Kizza, J.M. (2017). Social Context of Computing. In: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70712-9_7

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