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Culture and politics in the information age: a new politics?
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ISBN: 0415246369 0415246350 Year: 2001 Publisher: London Routledge


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Theories of the information society
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ISBN: 9780415718790 9780415718783 9781315867854 9781317964926 9781317964933 Year: 2014 Publisher: London Routledge

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Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a global information economy. Pervasive media, expanding information occupations and the development of the internet convince many that living in an Information Society is the destiny of us all. Coping in an era of information flows, of virtual relationships and breakneck change poses challenges to one and all.In Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster sets out to make sense of the information explosion, taking a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they refer to the Information Society, and critically examining the major post-war approaches to informational development. The fourth edition of this classic study brings it up to date with new research and with social and technological changes – from the ‘Twitter Revolutions’ of North Africa, to financial crises that introduced the worst recession in a life time, to the emergence of social media and blogging – and reassesses the work of key theorists in the light of these changes.More outspoken than in previous editions, Webster urges abandonment of Information Society scenarios, preferring analysis of the informatization of long-established relationships. This interdisciplinary book is essential reading for those trying to make sense of social and technological change in the post-war era. It addresses issues of central concern to students of sociology, politics, geography, communications, information science, cultural studies, computing and librarianship.

Theories of the information society
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ISBN: 0415105749 0415105730 Year: 1995 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Theories of the information society
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ISBN: 9780415406338 0415406331 0415406323 Year: 2006 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

Times of the technoculture : from the information society to the virtual life
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ISBN: 0415161169 0415161150 Year: 1999 Volume: *1 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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In a riveting look at today's computer technology, Robins and Webster ask the disturbing question: Is it cyber-revolution-or information capitalism? They trace the information age from the Industrial Revolution to the silicon chip and the Internet. Examining the politics of cyberspace, they show how the military has controlled the development of new technologies and why education plays a central role in government attempts to create a "knowledge society." With broad coverage of current issues, including information policy, technological innovation, education, the military, surveillance, and propaganda, 'Times of the Technoculture' is a thought-provoking revisionist account of Luddite resistance to new technologies.

Journalists under fire : information war and journalistic practices
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ISBN: 1412924073 1412924065 9781412924061 9781412924078 Year: 2006 Publisher: London Sage

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Journalists Under Fire: Information War and Journalistic Practices is the first book to combine a conceptually audacious analysis of the changing nature of war with an empirically rich critical analysis of journalists who cover conflict. In this book, authors Howard Tumber and Frank Webster explore questions about Information War and journalistic practices. Frontline correspondents play a key role in Information War, but their position is considerably more ambiguous and ambivalent than in the epoch of Industrial War. They play a central role in the presentation of what is often spectacle to audiences around the world whose actual experience of war is far removed from combat. In the era of multi-national journalism, of the Internet and satellite videophone, the book highlights central features of media reporting in contemporary conflict. Drawing on over fifty lengthy interviews with frontline correspondents, the authors shed light on the motivations, fears and practices of those who work under conditions of Journalism under fire. Journalists Under Fire is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students and for scholars, academics and researchers in the fields of Journalism, Journalism Studies, Communication, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, International Relations and War Studies.


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The technical fix: education, computers and industry
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ISBN: 033342901X Year: 1989 Publisher: London MacMillan

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