Social impact of ICT services -different impact in different countries-

Author

Takahashi, Kazue Ichino ; Tsuda, Masayuki ; Nakamura, Jiro ; Matsuno, Yasunari ; Adachi, Yoshihiro

Author_Institution

NTT Energy & Environ. Syst., Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa

fYear

2008

fDate

19-22 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The environmental, social and economic impacts of videoconferencing in the USA and Japan were evaluated and compared quantitatively. For this purpose we used a new index, named the ldquogross social feel-good (GSF) indexrdquo, which was developed for evaluating both the positive and negative effects of ICT services. The impacts of videoconferencing in the two countries were different especially as regards the economy and social (comfort) indexes. This case study clarified the difficulties involved in applying the GSF index to different countries.

Keywords

information services; socio-economic effects; teleconferencing; ICT service; economic impact; environmental impact; gross social feel-good index; social factor; social impact; videoconferencing; Biological system modeling; Costs; Educational institutions; Employment; Environmental economics; Environmental factors; Health and safety; Power engineering and energy; Social factors; Teleconferencing; Ecology; Economics; ICT services; Social factors; Videoconferencing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2272-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2298-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562876

Filename

4562876