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Editorial: The Social And Behavioural Implications Of Location-Based Services, Katina Michael, M G. Michael
Editorial: The Social And Behavioural Implications Of Location-Based Services, Katina Michael, M G. Michael
Professor Katina Michael
The social and behavioral implications of location-based services (LBS) are only now beginning to come to light in advanced markets where the services have been adopted by just a little over half the market (Microsoft 2011). Depending on one's definition of what constitutes location-based services, statistics on the level of adoption differ considerably. While it is helpful to provide as broad a list of applications as possible in what constitutes LBS (e.g. everything from in-vehicle navigation systems to downloading a map using a computer), it can also cloud the real picture forming behind this emerging technology. Emerging not in the …
Editorial: Social Implications Of Technology: "Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo", Katina Michael
Editorial: Social Implications Of Technology: "Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo", Katina Michael
Professor Katina Michael
Late last year, IEEE SSIT was invited to put together a paper for the centennial edition of the Proceedings of the IEEE for publication in May 2012 [1]. The article, "Social Implications of Technology: Past, Present, and Future," brought together five members of SSIT with varying backgrounds, and involved two intense months of collaboration and exchange of ideas. I personally felt privileged to be working with Karl D. Stephan, Emily Anesta, Laura Jacobs, and M.G. Michael on this project.