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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... increasing interconnectedness at every level . At the mi- cro level , individuals experience numerous personal interactions in their daily lives but can also stay in touch at nearly any 10 Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age.
... lives but can also stay in touch at nearly any distance . Yet , unlike earlier gen- erations , the tendency to depend on information technologies for conducting daily activities leads to many more casual relationships . Americans of the ...
... lives to the pursuit of isolated leisure . As the information age unfolds , the prospect of a community of shared civic values remains unclear , while the growing experience of atomistic lives foreshadows a willingness to condemn others ...
... lives foreshadows a willingness to condemn others perceived as dif- ferent . Americans face choices as the information age gathers momentum : they must choose a balance between distribution of information by the market and by government ...
... live in times of rapid and revolutionary change — that we late 20th century Americans are somehow exempt from the course of history . Certainly aca- demics and professionals , in such fields as information science , computer sci- ence ...
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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