The term "media" herein generally refers to information and communications technology (ICT). ICT is an extended term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications, computers as well as software, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.The term ICT is also used to refer to the convergence of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single unified system of cabling, signal distribution and management. In recent years, big data, financial technology, crowdsourcing and other innovative technologies have even triggered a “disruptive technology” wave, affecting social work, health care, social movements, and professional training. Media is not a transparent window, but a stained glass pane. It provides us with selective versions of the services, and of the “reality”. “Human services and media” is an emerging knowledge domain worth exploring.
何謂「媒體」What's "media"?
我們這兒所指的「媒體」，泛指資訊及通訊科技（Information and Communication Technology；ICT）載體，包括網路平台、程式、文字、多媒體等等。過往，資訊科技關乎信息編碼解碼，通訊科技關乎訊息傳送，兩種技術屬不同範疇。隨着科技發展，兩種技術日漸融匯，密不可分，成為一種互動性及傳播力極強的新媒體。近年，大數據、金融科技、物聯網等創新技術抬頭，進一步捲起顛覆性科技浪潮，影響著社會工作、健康護理、公民教育、專業培訓等不同範疇。媒體，不是透明窗戶，而是雜色濾鏡。它營造了社會服務的形象與內容，也打造了我們所理解的「現實」。「社會服務與媒體」是值得探討的新興知識領域。
The term "media" herein generally refers to information and communications technology (ICT). ICT is an extended term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications, computers as well as software, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.The term ICT is also used to refer to the convergence of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single unified system of cabling, signal distribution and management. In recent years, big data, financial technology, crowdsourcing and other innovative technologies have even triggered a “disruptive technology” wave, affecting social work, health care, social movements, and professional training. Media is not a transparent window, but a stained glass pane. It provides us with selective versions of the services, and of the “reality”. “Human services and media” is an emerging knowledge domain worth exploring.
The term "media" herein generally refers to information and communications technology (ICT). ICT is an extended term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications, computers as well as software, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.The term ICT is also used to refer to the convergence of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single unified system of cabling, signal distribution and management. In recent years, big data, financial technology, crowdsourcing and other innovative technologies have even triggered a “disruptive technology” wave, affecting social work, health care, social movements, and professional training. Media is not a transparent window, but a stained glass pane. It provides us with selective versions of the services, and of the “reality”. “Human services and media” is an emerging knowledge domain worth exploring.
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