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Theories of the information society / Frank Webster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webster, Frank, author.
- Series:
- International library of sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--Social aspects.
- Communication.
- Communication--Technological innovations.
- Information society.
- Information technology.
- Information policy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 404 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Definitions 10
- 3 Quality 24
- 4 Post-industrial society: Daniel Bell 38
- 5 Regulation School 68
- 6 Network society: Manuel Castells 106
- 7 Mobilities 137
- 8 Information and the market system: Herbert Schiller 149
- 9 Information and democracy 1: Jürgen Habermas, the public sphere and public service institutions 196
- 10 Information and democracy 2: Friedrich von Hayek and the neo-Hayekians 251
- 11 Information, reflexivity and surveillance: Anthony Giddens 277
- 12 Information and postmodernity 306
- 13 Beyond the Information Society 340.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415718783
- 0415718783
- 9780415718790
- 0415718791
- OCLC:
- 857356600
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