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Technological Turf Wars
Jessica R. Johnston
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Description for Technological Turf Wars
Paperback. Analyzes the tensions and political dilemmas that coexist in the interrelationship among science, technology and society. Illustrating how computer security is as concerned with social relationships as it is with technology, this book provides an ethnography that considers corporate culture and the workplace environment of the antivirus industry. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: KNTX; PDR; URJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 407. Weight in Grams: 268.
Exploring computer security as both a social and technical problem
Exploring computer security as both a social and technical problem
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592138821
SKU
V9781592138821
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Ref
99-15
About Jessica R. Johnston
Jessica Johnston is a senior lecturer and head of the American Studies program at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is the author of The American Body in Context.
Reviews for Technological Turf Wars
"Johnston presents the ways antivirus workers think in fascinating detail. She is very astute and effective in analyzing and explicating the underlying assumptions of their logic. Technological Turf Wars is insightful, interesting, and it unfolds in ways that are quite surprising. Johnston demonstrates that this industry is as much a social world as it is a technical world." —John L. ... Read more