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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... information technologies for conducting daily activities leads to many more casual relationships . Americans of the 1990s experience a far greater ratio of secondary to primary relationships . At the middle level , where groups and ...
The Production and Distribution of Information in the United States Jorge Reina Schement, Terry Curtis. tion leisure . In recent years , for example , information technologies have al- lowed some individuals to integrate the activities ...
... information society . Willing acceptance of new technologies has deep roots in American culture because it receives nourishment from an optimistic belief in technological progress . Beyond simple acceptance , some Americans also embrace ...
... technologies distribute in- formation automation to the limits of the world's communication networks . We are well past the point of having the capability to transform most of human knowl- edge into electronic form for access at any ...
... information society built on an information economy . The information society is a powerful idea precisely because it ... technologies in everyday life . Across the social sciences , the idea of an information society opened conceptual ...
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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