Living Working In The Information Society
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The Information Society In Europe
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Author : Ken Ducatel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Information Society In Europe written by Ken Ducatel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
This text offers an examination of a range of technological issues at stake in the European Union. It discerns social trends but finds there is considerable room to use the technologies as a force for social change.
Knowledge Workers In The Information Society
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Author : Catherine McKercher
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2008
Knowledge Workers In The Information Society written by Catherine McKercher and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
Knowledge Workers in the Information Society addresses the changing nature of work, workers, and their organizations in the media, information, and knowledge industries. These knowledge workers include journalists, broadcasters, librarians, filmmakers and animators, government workers, and employees in the telecommunications and high tech sectors. Technological change has become relentless. Corporate concentration has created new pressures to rationalize work and eliminate stages in the labor process. Globalization and advances in telecommunications have made real the prospect that knowledge work will follow manufacturing labor to parts of the world with low wages, poor working conditions, and little unionization. McKercher and Mosco bring together scholars from numerous disciplines to examine knowledge workers from a genuinely global perspective.
The Information Society
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Author : Robert Hassan
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-04-25
The Information Society written by Robert Hassan and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-25 with Computers categories.
What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a positive light, where the dreams of democracy, of ‘connectivity’ and ‘efficiency’ constituted a break with the old ways. But other thinkers viewed it more in terms of the recurrent nightmare of capitalism, where the processes of exploitation, commodification and alienation are given much freer rein than ever before. In this book Robert Hassan, a prominent theorist in new media and its effects, analyses and critically appraises these positions and forms them into a coherent narrative to illuminate the phenomenon. Surveying the works of major information society theorists from Daniel Bell to Nicholas Negroponte, and from Vincent Mosco to Manuel Castells, The Information Society is an invaluable resource for understanding the nature of the information society—as well as the meta-processes of neoliberal globalisation and the revolution in information technologies that made it possible.
Opinion On The Green Paper Living And Working In The Information Society People First
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Opinion On The Green Paper Living And Working In The Information Society People First written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
The Information Society
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Author : John Feather
language : en
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-23
The Information Society written by John Feather and has been published by Facet Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
What is information? Who are the information rich and who are the information poor? How can there be equality of access for users in the light of the political, economic and cultural pressures that are placed upon information creators, gatherers and keepers? Set against a broad historical backdrop, The Information Society explores the information revolution that continues to gather pace, as the understanding and management of information becomes even more important in a world where data can be transmitted in a split second. This latest edition of this standard work has been fully updated to take account of the changing landscape and technological developments since 2008. The social Web, or Web 2.0, is now embedded in daily life, and some of its applications have become the most popular forms of communication system. Even the predominance of email – one of the most familiar manifestations of the information revolution – is now threatened by texting and the use of such applications as Twitter. The ways in which we expect to interact with information – and how much we are willing to pay for access to it – are throwing up new opportunities and debates. At a societal level, as the quantity of personal digitized information continues to grow exponentially, so do both the benefits of exploiting it and the dangers of misusing it. The use of ICT to make government more accessible has to be balanced against the use of technologies that enable the state to be more vigilant or more intrusive, according to one's point of view. Behind all of this lies further technical change: the massive expansion of connectivity to high-speed broadband networks; the phased abandonment of analogue broadcasting; and above all the widespread availability and use of sophisticated multi-functional mobile devices which carry voice, video and data and which can themselves be carried anywhere. The implications for daily life, for education, for work and for social and political relationships are massive. Readership: All information professionals and students on courses on information, librarianship and communications studies, where an understanding of the nature of the information society is an essential underpinning of more advanced work.
Theories Of The Information Society
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Author : Frank Webster
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002
Theories Of The Information Society written by Frank Webster and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Communication categories.
Popular opinion suggests that information has become a distinguishing feature of the modern world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now instead said to be part of a global information economy. In this new and thoroughly revised edition of his popular book, author Webster brings his work up-to-date both with new theoretical work and with social and technological changes - such as the rapid growth of the internet and accelerated globalization - and reassesses the work of key theorists in light of these changes. This book is essential reading for students of contemporary social theory and anybody interested in social and technological change in the post-war era.
The Future Of Working Life In An Information Society
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Author : Ian Miles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Future Of Working Life In An Information Society written by Ian Miles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Future Information Society The Social And Technological Problems
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Author : Burgin Mark
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2017-01-24
Future Information Society The Social And Technological Problems written by Burgin Mark and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is the first volume of a two-volume edition based on the International Society for Information Studies Summit Vienna 2015 on "The Information Society at the Crossroads. Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information" (see summit.is4is.org). The book represents a trans-disciplinary endeavor of the leading experts in the field of information studies posing the question for a better society, in which social and technological innovations help make information key to the flourishing of humanity and dispense with the bleak view of the dark side of information society. It is aimed at readers that conduct research into any aspect of information, information society and information technology, who develop or implement social or technological applications. It is also for those who have an interest in participating in setting the goals for sciences of information and social applications of technological achievements and scientific results.
Global Information Society
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Author : Mark I. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2013-04-11
Global Information Society written by Mark I. Wilson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-11 with Social Science categories.
We have been living and working in the information society for decades, yet still we struggle to understand and keep up in the face of its constant flux and vast scope. In this unique interdisciplinary text, three scholars at the forefront of this dynamic field provide a clear conceptual framework and interpretation of the global information society. They explain the three pillars of the information society—technology, knowledge, and mobility—and the global information society as a whole, both as an interconnected web and a regionally distinct phenomenon. Offering a nuanced understanding of this complex subject, this book will enable students to navigate and thrive in the dynamic and evolving world of information and communication technology.
Information Society Studies
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Author : Alistair S. Duff
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-02
Information Society Studies written by Alistair S. Duff and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-02 with Social Science categories.
We are often told that we are "living in an information society" or that we are "information workers." But what exactly do these claims mean, and how might they be verified? In this important methodological study, Alistair S. Duff cuts through the rhetoric to get to the bottom of the "information society thesis." Wide-ranging in coverage, this study will be of interest to scholars in information science, communication and media studies and social theory. It is a key text for the newly-unified specialism of information society studies, and an indispensable guide to the future of this discipline.