Powermatics: A Discursive Critique of New Communications Technology

ISBN-13: 9781138946743 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 412 str.

Finlay - de Monchy Marike; Marike Finlay -. De Monchy

Opis

Originally published in 1987. This critical work is an exploration of new communications technology in its social context, as a social discourse determined by other forms of inter-play. The author refers to Weber, Innis, Habermas and Foucault to develop her argument.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Procedures of Discourses on New Communications Technology: The Episteme 2. New Communications Technology as Discourse: Techne 3. Powermatics: Focusing in on Power and Social Control 4. Alternative Procedures of Discourse: Epistemologies of Technology. Conclusion: Discursive Critique: Socio-epistemological Foundations for an Alternative Approach to Communication and Technology

O autorze

Marike Finlay - de Monchy