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There has been much debate over the idea of the information society . Some thinkers have argued that information is becoming the key ordering principle in society, whereas others suggest that the rise of information has been overstated. Whatever the case, though, it cannot be denied that informization has produced vast changes in advanced societies. This reader pulls together the main contributions to this debate from some of the key figures in the field. Major topics addressed include post-industrialism and globalization, surveillance, the impact of corporate capital on the information revolution, the public sphere, community and identity and the impact of the virtual on knowledge. Contributors include Manuel Castells, Daniel Bell, Anthony Giddens, Michel Foucault and Christopher Lasch.
Contents:
Frank Webster Introduction: Information Society Studies Part 1: The Information Society Frank Webster Introduction Advocates 1
Yoneji Masuda Image of the Future Information Society 2
Charles Leadbeater Living on Thin Air 3
Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth and Alvin Toffler Cyberspace and the American Dream Critics 4
Langdon Winner Who Will We Be in Cyberspace? 5
Theodore Roszak The Cult of Information 6
Kevin Robins and Frank Webster The Long History of the Information Revolution Part 2: Post-Industrial Society Harri Melin Introduction 7
Daniel Bell Post-Industrial Society 8
Krishan Kumar From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society 9
John Urry Is Britain the First Post-Industrial Society? Part 3: The Network Society Frank Webster Introduction 10
Manuel Castells An Introduction to the Information Age 11
Manuel Castells The Information City, the New Economy, and the Network Society 12
Nicholas Garnham Information Society Theory as Ideology Part 4: Transformations Frank Webster Introduction 13
John Urry Mobile Sociology 14
Robert B
Reich The Three Jobs of the Future 15
Nico Stehr The Economic Structure of Knowledge Societies 16
Anne Balsamo Forms of Technological Embodiment Part 5: Divisions Kaarle Nordenstreng Introduction 17
Herbert Schiller Data Deprivation 18
Pippa Norris The Digital Divide 19
Christopher Lasch The Degradation of the Practical Arts Part 6: Surveillance Raimo Blom Introduction 20
Michel Foucault Panopticism 21
Shoshana Zuboff Managing the Informated Organization 22
David Lyon New Directions in Theory Part 7: Democracy Erkki Karvonen Introduction 23
Jurgen Habermas The Public Sphere 24
Nicholas Garnham The Media and the Public Sphere 25
John Keane Structural Transformations of the Public Sphere 26
Zizi Papacharissi The Virtual Sphere: The Internet as a Public Sphere Part 8: Virtualities Ensio Puoskari Introduction 27
Mark Poster The Mode of Information and Postmodernity 28
Eric Michaels For a Cultural Future 29
Sadie Plant The Future Looms: Weaving Women and Cybernetics
Brief Description:
Brings together the main contributions to this debate from some of the key figures in the field. Major topics addressed include: postindustrialism and globalization, surveillance, and the impact of corporate capital on the information revolution.
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