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Theories of the information society / Frank Webster.

Van Pelt Library HM1206 .W43 2014
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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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