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?
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 migh...
"There is a clear need for a systematic, integrative, and rigorous normative theory of the information society. In this book, Duff offers a prescriptive theory to help to guide the academic and policy communities as they debate the future shape of emerging post-industrial, information-based societies. He argues that information policy needs to become anchored in a left-liberal philosophy which foregrounds a feasible permutation of the core ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood. The information society, if it is to be worth having at all, cannot be allowed to be largely the outcome of...
"There is a clear need for a systematic, integrative, and rigorous normative theory of the information society. In this book, Duff offers a prescripti...