The Information Society: A Sceptical ViewISBN: 978-0-7456-2685-7
Paperback
208 pages
June 2002, Polity
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- Gives a concise and critical analysis of the debates surrounding the information society
- Provides an overview of the current literature and the theoretical background to these debate
- Distinctive skeptical argument deflates some of the more speculative claims associated with the idea that we are entering a "new" information society
- In particular, takes issue with the claim that social and political transformations are imminent