Social work in a digital society
Social work in a digital society
This chapter will:
Conceptualise social work as taking place within the ‘digital society’
Explore how information and communication technology impacts on the individual, families and communities
Argue that technological change has irretrievably altered the nature of the social world, and hence practitioners need to understand it.
9781412920025
301-320
Rafferty, J.
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Steyaert, J.
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2007
Rafferty, J.
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Steyaert, J.
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Rafferty, J. and Steyaert, J.
(2007)
Social work in a digital society.
In,
Lymbery, Mark and Postle, Karen
(eds.)
Social Work: a Companion to Learning.
London, UK.
SAGE Publications, .
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This chapter will:
Conceptualise social work as taking place within the ‘digital society’
Explore how information and communication technology impacts on the individual, families and communities
Argue that technological change has irretrievably altered the nature of the social world, and hence practitioners need to understand it.
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Published date: 2007
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ISBN: 9781412920025
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J. Rafferty
Author:
J. Steyaert
Editor:
Mark Lymbery
Editor:
Karen Postle
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