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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... question . " Does the information society take us beyond industrial society , or is it an extension of industrial society ? " Leah Lievrouw , then a graduate student , became a valued collaborator on the idea of information work . Jay ...
... questions reached beyond any single study or group of studies . In fact , soon after we began , we discovered extensive research be- yond our own fields of communication and information studies . We , there- fore , formulated the ...
... question , to hypothesis , to operationalization , to experiment , to analysis , to interpretation , to theory — be treated as a distinct activity . In addition , the newly developing practice of science placed a premium on ...
... question in chapter four , suggesting that the necessary and con- spicuous consumption of information forms an important theme in American culture . Individuals construct their private spheres within media environments organized around ...
... question of technological determinism , and by proposing macro , middle , and micro levels of technological causation . In chapter seven , we review images of the information society and propose a macro theory . There is a lineage of ...
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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