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Theories of the information society / Frank Webster.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International library of sociologyPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 404 pages.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315867854 (electronic bk.)
  • 1315867850 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.4/2 23
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Contents:
Introduction -- Definitions -- Quality -- Post-industrial society: Daniel Bell -- Regulation school -- Network society: Manuel Castells -- Mobilities -- Information and market system: Herbert Schiller -- Information and democracy 1: Jürgen Habermas, the public sphere and public service institutions -- Information and democracy 2: Friedrich von Hayek and the neo-Hayekians -- Information, reflexivity and surveillance: Anthony Giddens -- Information and postmodernity -- Beyond the information society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Definitions -- Quality -- Post-industrial society: Daniel Bell -- Regulation school -- Network society: Manuel Castells -- Mobilities -- Information and market system: Herbert Schiller -- Information and democracy 1: Jürgen Habermas, the public sphere and public service institutions -- Information and democracy 2: Friedrich von Hayek and the neo-Hayekians -- Information, reflexivity and surveillance: Anthony Giddens -- Information and postmodernity -- Beyond the information society.

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