Information Society - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Critically! Mattelart asks why the notion has come to be dominant in the absence of any critical examination of the conditions under which it has been produced. Combining a long-term historical and geopolitical perspective! Mattelart questions the axioms used to legitimate the information society and critically assesses the ways in which it has been conceptualized as a theoretical concept as well as a policy making tool. Klappentext Mattelart unpacks the notion of the information society, and examines why it has become the dominant paradigm for social change. He also asks why the notion has come to be dominant in the absence of any critical examination of the conditions under which it has been produced. Zusammenfassung Mattelart unpacks the notion of the information society! and examines why it has become the dominant paradigm for social change. He also asks why the notion has come to be dominant in the absence of any critical examination of the conditions under which it has been produced. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Cult of Numbers Managing the Industrial and Scientific Age The Emergence of Computers Post-industrial Scenarios The Metamorphoses of Public Policy The Geopolitical Stakes of the Global Information Society

Product details

• Authors: Armand Mattelart, Mattelart Armand
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2003
• EAN: 9780761949480
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-4948-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Sociology and anthropology, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Mass Communication