The Information Society: Cyber Dreams and Digital NightmaresISBN: 978-0-7456-4179-9
Hardcover
248 pages
November 2008, Polity
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Preface vii
1 The Information Society Today: The Acceleration of Just About Everything 1
2 The Coming of the Information Society 32
3 Information Takes Over 75
4 A Shrinking Planet 109
5 Commodification and Culture in the Information Society 135
6 Faster and Faster 159
7 Who Rules?: Politics and Control in the Information Society 190
Glossary 224
References 237
Index 253