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 society - United States . 3. Computers - Social aspects - United States . I. Curtis , Terry . II . Title . QA76.9.C66S32 1994 338.4'7001'0973 - dc20 94-4440 CIP Contents Preface Introduction vii 1 1 . The New Industrial.
... social manifestations of the production and consumption of informa- tion soon became planning sessions . Early ... social uses of information . This led to the recognition of the social and cultural power of the " idea of information ...
... social scientists — trumpet the startling arrival of an information society eclipsing the one engendered by the industrial revolution . Not surprisingly , the momen- tum of this interpretation has captured the popular imagination as the ...
... social scientists recognize the importance of information to their theories , definitions and descriptions have proliferated — the majority focus- ing on the culturally universal , or commodity , properties of information . The ...
... social attitude that considers information an abstract essence and treats it as a thing— currently operates as a key term for understanding social change , so much so that it lends itself to the characterization of the times as an ...
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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