The Information Society: Issues and IllusionsISBN: 978-0-7456-0369-8
Paperback
208 pages
January 1991, Polity
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* Gives an overview of the various versions of the information
society thesis.
* Argues that new technology has to be viewed in its social context, but also shows how new technology may have unexpected social consequences.
* Provides a radical critique of the whole notion of the information society, including its global and cultural aspects.
* Provides recent evidence from a number of societies including the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, France, Germany and Sweden.
* Gives an overview of the various versions of the information society thesis.
* Argues that new technology has to be viewed in its social context, but also shows how new technology may have unexpected social consequences.
* Provides a radical critique of the whole notion of the information society, including its global and cultural aspects.
* Provides recent evidence from a number of societies including the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, France, Germany and Sweden.
* Argues that new technology has to be viewed in its social context, but also shows how new technology may have unexpected social consequences.
* Provides a radical critique of the whole notion of the information society, including its global and cultural aspects.
* Provides recent evidence from a number of societies including the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, France, Germany and Sweden.
* Gives an overview of the various versions of the information society thesis.
* Argues that new technology has to be viewed in its social context, but also shows how new technology may have unexpected social consequences.
* Provides a radical critique of the whole notion of the information society, including its global and cultural aspects.
* Provides recent evidence from a number of societies including the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, France, Germany and Sweden.