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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... increase the speed of arranging type . " In turn , alphabetiza- tion heightened sensitivity to the arbitrary nature of words as symbols and drew attention to them as things . For the first time , and in the form that is recognized today ...
... increased the number of available information packages , which , in turn , opened the way for the exchange of many distinct information commodities in new marketplaces , and , ultimately , shaped a new attitude toward information ...
... increased interconnectedness , high personal consumption of information , and the proliferation of information ... increasing interconnectedness at every level . At the mi- cro level , individuals experience numerous personal ...
... increased interconnectedness shows itself in the greatly enhanced movement of infor- mation among institutions , e.g. , banks , credit card companies , stock broker- age houses and diminished differences among them , as institutions ...
... increased the density of human contact . More people can be in touch with one another during any single day in the new communications environment than many did in a lifetime in the 14th century . The convergence of telecommunications ...
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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