Marx and Digital Machines: Alienation, Technology, Capitalism

Cover
Series
Title page
Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Contradictions of ICT
	1.1 Introduction
2. Theories of Alienation - Seeman and Marx
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 The Seeman Model
	2.3 Alienation - the Marxist Perspective
	2.4 Alienation and Reification
	2.5 Blauner and Alienation
	2.6 Wendling and Alienation
	2.7 Autonomist Marxism and Alienation
3. Researching Alienation
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Data Collection Process
	3.3 Participatory Action Research (PAR)
	3.4 Target Group: ICT Professionals
	3.5 Target Group: Scholars
	3.6 Target Group: End-Users
	3.7 Ethical Considerations
4. Alienation and work: ICT Professionals
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 The Meaning of Professionalism
	4.3 Current Research on ICT Professionals
	4.4 The State of the IT Industry
	4.5 The Alienated Working Environment of the ICT Professional
	4.6 Control of the Work Process
	4.7 Relationships with Professionals Working for Other Companies
	4.8 Re-engineering the Work Process
	4.9 The Management
	4.10 Issues of Validation, Reliability, Bias and Ethics
	4.11 Issues of Validation, Reliability, Bias and Ethics
	4.12 Conclusion
5. Researching ICT: The Scholars’ Alienated Experience
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 The Academic Environment
	5.3 Alienation Theory in Education
	5.4 The Scholars’ Perspective
	5.5. The Participants
	5.6 Commitment to the Subject
	5.7 Creativity
	5.8 Collaboration
	5.9 Research and Competition
	5.10 Control of Outcomes
	5.11 Institutional Pressures
	5.12 Analysis
	5.13 Issues of Validation, Reliability, Bias and Ethics
	5.14 Conclusion
6. Alienation and Work: A Common View
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Career Change?
	6.3 Greater Choice?
	6.4 Analysis
	6.5 Conclusion
7. ICT, Senior End-users and Alienation
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 ICT and the Senior User: Research Themes
	7.3 ICT and Learning
	7.4 Southwark Pensioners Action Group (SPAG)
	7.5 The Group Sessions and Individual Interview Processes
	7.6 The Hands-on Sessions
	7.8 Motivations
	7.9 Alienated Attitudes Towards the Technology: A Shared Sentiment
	7.10 Who’s this Technology Designed for?
	7.11 Consequences of Lack of Control
	7.12 Practical Benefits of the Hands-on Sessions
	7.13 Intangible Benefits
	7.14 Barriers
	7.15 Unanticipated Developments
8. Critique and Conclusion
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 A Moment of Self-Reflection
	8.3 Concluding Remarks: Resolving the Problem of Alienation
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