Information and human values /
By: Fleischmann, Kenneth R [author.].
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BookSeries: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science: ; Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services: # 31.Publisher: San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, 2014.Description: 1 PDF (xvi, 93 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781627052467.Subject(s): Values | Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects | Information theory | human values | value-sensitive design | core values of librarianship | social psychology | science and technology studies | information studiesDDC classification: 121.8 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource | Abstract with links to full text Also available in print.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-81).
1. Why human values? --
2. Approaches to understanding values -- 2.1 Social psychology of human values -- 2.2 Values and information use -- 2.3 Values and technology design -- 2.4 Value conflicts in information technology design and use --
3. Education and human values -- 3.1 Biology education and human values -- 3.2 Medical education and human values -- 3.3 Information ethics education and human values --
4. Technology and human values -- 4.1 Trust, transparency, and accountability -- 4.2 Value conflicts -- 4.3 Professionalization and codes of ethics --
5. Communication and human values -- 5.1 Manual content analysis of human values in communication -- 5.2 Crowdsourced content analysis of human values in communication -- 5.3 Automatic content analysis of human values in communication --
6. Synthesis: Reconsidering information and human values --
7. A research agenda for information and human values -- References -- Author biography.
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This book seeks to advance our understanding of the relationship between information and human values by synthesizing the complementary but typically disconnected threads in the literature, reflecting on my 15 years of research on the relationship between information and human values, advancing our intellectual understanding of the key facets of this topic, and encouraging further research to continue exploring this important and timely research topic.
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