ABSTRACT
Information has come to be regarded as a symbol of the age in which we live. Talk nowadays is of an `information technology' revolution, even of an `information society'. But just what does this mean? In Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster sets out to make sense of the information explosion. He examines and assesses a variety of `images of the information society', and takes a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they do refer to an `information society'. He looks closely at different approaches to informational developments, and provides critical commentaries on all the major post-war theories.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Conclusion
part |1 pages
Continuity or change?
part 7|2 pages
Information management and manipulation
part 8|1 pages
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