When computers became of interest in politics
(2005) 1st Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing 174. p.413-423- Abstract
- Technical progress was for a long time uncontroversial in the Scandinavian left and labor movements. World events like the American war in Vietnam and a new zeitgeist changed this at the end of the sixties and politically aware computer enthusiasts started seeing computers in a new light. Three themes were central in the Swedish discussion: the IBM hegemony, computers, personal privacy, and the threat to democratic development by a changed balance of power. Swedish debate at the time is from a personal point of view.
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- author
- Henriksson, Sten LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- government, Sweden, computers, politics
- host publication
- History of Nordic Computing
- volume
- 174
- pages
- 413 - 423
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- 1st Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing
- conference location
- Trondheim, Norway
- conference dates
- 2003-06-16 - 2003-06-18
- external identifiers
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- wos:000226884400037
- scopus:84902489791
- ISSN
- 1571-5736
- ISBN
- 9780387241678
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 580caaa4-4c70-4896-bf12-adea33a9a2ab (old id 1406162)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 15:30:48
- date last changed
- 2022-03-22 04:50:27
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