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Monitoring Social Life and Interactions: A Sociological Perspective of Technologies

Monitoring Social Life and Interactions: A Sociological Perspective of Technologies

Francesca Odella
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466636828|ISBN10: 1466636823|EISBN13: 9781466636835
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3682-8.ch011
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Odella, Francesca. "Monitoring Social Life and Interactions: A Sociological Perspective of Technologies." Human Behavior Recognition Technologies: Intelligent Applications for Monitoring and Security, edited by Hans W. Guesgen and Stephen Marsland, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 225-248. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3682-8.ch011

APA

Odella, F. (2013). Monitoring Social Life and Interactions: A Sociological Perspective of Technologies. In H. Guesgen & S. Marsland (Eds.), Human Behavior Recognition Technologies: Intelligent Applications for Monitoring and Security (pp. 225-248). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3682-8.ch011

Chicago

Odella, Francesca. "Monitoring Social Life and Interactions: A Sociological Perspective of Technologies." In Human Behavior Recognition Technologies: Intelligent Applications for Monitoring and Security, edited by Hans W. Guesgen and Stephen Marsland, 225-248. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3682-8.ch011

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Abstract

The chapter describes the sociological perspective of monitoring technologies and debates its method for analysing social implications of scientific and technical developments. It is articulated in five sections dedicated to social and privacy aspects involved in social analysis of technologies. Particular attention is devoted to social network analysis, an emergent area of sociological research that focuses on the relational implications of technologies in organizations, small groups, and other contexts of social participation. The text integrates examples of technology implementation from healthcare automated assistance to mobile communication devices, video-surveillance, RFID, and smart-meter technology. Case studies, illustrated in separate textboxes, describe the advancements in this field of enquiry and highlight the main elements of the structure of interactions in virtual and technology-mediated communications. Finally, ethical implications of behaviour monitoring technologies are discussed together with recent perspectives of sociological research.

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