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The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale (2021)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D., & Fletcher, G. (2021). The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale. In M. Goedicke, E. Neuhold, & K. Rannenberg (Eds.), Advancing Research in Information and Communication Technology : IFIP's exciting first 60+ years, views from the Technical Committees and Working Groups (363-380). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81701-5_15

In this chapter we briefly recount the history of the Human Choice and Computers conference series, and of Technical Committee 9, and show that not only has there been a marked focus, over more than four decades, on a critical and sociotechnical appr... Read More about The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale.

Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction (2015)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2015). Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction. In D. Kreps (Ed.), Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment (1-9). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing

In this introduction, by way of presenting a review of the scant pre-existing literature I have been able to find which considers the work of Gramsci and Foucault together, I attempt firstly to set out a conceptual framework by which the reader may s... Read More about Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction.

The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual? (2015)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2015). The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual?. In D. Kreps (Ed.), Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment (171-181). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing

What if there were a suitably Gramscian totalizing – and scientific– approach to understanding social systems, which nonetheless escaped all the reductionist, scientistic pitfalls a deconstructive and poststructuralist Foucauldian would be wont to po... Read More about The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual?.

Virtuality and humanity (2014)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2014). Virtuality and humanity. In M. Grimshaw (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Virtuality. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199826162.013.023

This chapter discusses the key questions raised by its title—what should we understand by the terms virtuality, humanity, and, thereby, by the term reality? These questions are explored with reference to the work of philosophers such as Henri Bergson... Read More about Virtuality and humanity.

Performing the discourse of sexuality online (2012)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2012). Performing the discourse of sexuality online. In S. Warburton, & S. Hatzipanagos (Eds.), Digital Identity and Social Media. London: Information Science Reference, IGI Global

This chapter focusses on Foucault, Butler, and video-sharing on sexual social networking sites. It argues that the use and prevalence of video-sharing technologies on sexual social networking websites, has a direct impact on our notions of sexual ide... Read More about Performing the discourse of sexuality online.

Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people? (2006)
Book Chapter
Adam, A., & Kreps, D. (2006). Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?. In E. Trauth, D. Howcroft, T. Butler, B. Fitzgerald, & J. DeGross (Eds.), Social inclusion: societal and organizational implications for information systems (217-228). Boston: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34588-4_15

The focus of this paper is Web accessibility for disabled people. Much of the Web remains inaccessible or difficult to access by people across a spectrum of disabilities and this may have serious implications for the potential use of the Web for incr... Read More about Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?.