Information Society Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415215510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 216 str.

Alistair Duff

Opis

We are often told that we are living in an information society or that we are information workers. But what exactly do these claims mean, and how might they be verified?

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. The information sector version of the information society thesis. 3. The information flows version of the information society thesis. 4. The information technology version of the information society thesis 5. Synthetic methodology of the information society thesis 6. Overall conclusions. Coda: An agenda for information Society Studies. Appendix 1: Database searches. Appendix 2: Telephone interview with Youichi Ito. Appendix 3: Periodicals carrying articles on the information society between 1984 and 1997.

O autorze

Alistair S. Duff is a Senior Lecturer and Teaching Fellow in the School of Creative Industries at Napier University.