Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age: The Production and Distribution of Information in the United StatesTransaction Publishers, 01.01.1995 - 285 Seiten The development of technology and the hunger for information has caused a wave of change in daily life in America. Nearly every American's environment now consists of cable television, video cassette players, answering machines, fax machines, and personal computers. Schement and Curtis argue that the information age has evolved gradually throughout the twentieth century. National focus on the production and distribution of information stems directly from the organizing principles and realities of the market system, not from a revolution sparked by the invention of the computer. Now available in paperback, Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age, brings together findings from many disciplines, including classical studies, etymology, political sociology, and macroeconomics. This valuable resource will be enjoyed by sociologists, historians, and scholars of communication and information studies. |
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... Devices are developed for the storage and retrieval of information . Laws are passed to prevent theft of information . Devices exist for the purpose of moving information geographically . Moreover , and equally important , the thingness ...
... device and symbol of rationalism.15 The emphasis in the 17th and 18th centuries on the recording of thought and observation , on the collection of information in dictionaries and encyclopedias , and on the new libraries that followed ...
... device from the phono- graph to the fax machine indicates high levels of technological comfort . Yet this very comfort may mask the need to critically examine the place of tech- nology in the information society . Willing acceptance of ...
... devices , the desire for greater profits has also encouraged entrepreneurs to exploit the media's power to urge con- sumers to buy more goods . The New York Sun might shine for all , but it was only one of many beacons beckoning ...
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Inhalt
21 | |
47 | |
Information Work | 71 |
Media Environments | 103 |
Tensions | 131 |
Technological Visions | 173 |
The Information Society as a State of Mind | 205 |
Appendix A | 229 |
Name Index | 279 |
Subject Index | 283 |
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