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What is Social Technology

Chapter 1
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Community Tourism
Technologies that present simple, low-cost and easily applicable solutions that generate social impact in fields as diverse as education, agriculture, health, the environment and leisure.
Published in Chapter:
Community-Based Tourism in Ceará's Coastal Space: Innovative Socially Responsible Activities
Jakson Renner Rodrigues Soares (Universidade da Coruña, Spain & Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4855-4.ch001
Abstract
This work derives from postdoctoral research funded by Funcap-CAPES in Brazil. It investigates innovation in community-based tourism in coastal spaces. The competitiveness of tourist companies has a great relationship with innovation and it with the sustainability of the environment. The objective of this chapter is to present the innovations implemented that resulted in being practices derived from concepts of corporate social responsibility and to present the innovations that the coastal communities of Ceará have implemented in recent years. The innovations were identified in relation to community management for the benefit of collective rights, innovative activities in accommodation, intermediation, and use of space, among others. This work is expected to improve the ability to learn and multiply innovation in dynamic environments such as tourism and being able to add knowledge about the innovation capacity of Ceará tourism companies, collaborating for a discussion of their learning, and the multiplication of their knowledge.
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Chapter 6
Digital Inclusion, Crowdfunding, and Crowdsourcing in Brazil: A Brief Review
“Social technology” is defined as applying the use of social science theories and methods implementing related technologies for specific purposes especially social ones: to ease social procedures via social software and social hardware, which might include the use of computers and information technology for governmental procedures. It has historically referred to two meanings: as a term related to social engineering, a meaning that began in the 19th century, and as a description of social software, a meaning that began in the early 21st century.
Published in Chapter: Digital Inclusion, Crowdfunding, and Crowdsourcing in Brazil: A Brief Review; From: Handbook of Research on Comparative Approaches to the Digital Age Revolution in Europe and the Americas
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Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice
Can be understood as the physical hardware (cell phones, iPod’s, high speed data servers) on which networking software is supported. In many cases, these are small and highly portable devices which are themselves connected to powerful wireless networks.
Published in Chapter: Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice; From: Handbook of Research on Technoethics
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Chapter 22
Social Innovation to Achieve Global Health
A process of innovation conducted collectively and participatory, by actors interested in building that desirable scenario.
Published in Chapter: Social Innovation to Achieve Global Health; From: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Marketing for Global Reach in the Digital Economy
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