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UNINA9910305545903321 |
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Autore |
Webster Frank |
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Titolo |
Theories of the information society / / Frank Webster |
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London and New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-46026-0 |
1-134-46029-5 |
1-280-11495-9 |
0-203-99136-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Collana |
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The international library of sociology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communication - Social aspects |
Communication - Technological innovations |
Information society |
Information technology |
Information policy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 INFORMATION AND THE IDEA OF AN INFORMATION SOCIETY; 3 THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AS POST-INDUSTRIALISM: DANIEL BELL; 4 INFORMATION, THE NATION STATE AND SURVEILLANCE: ANTHONY GIDDENS; 5 INFORMATION AND ADVANCED CAPITALISM HERBERT SCHILLER; 6 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND MANIPULATION: JURGEN HABERMAS AND THE DECLINE OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE; 7 INFORMATION AND RESTRUCTURING: BEYOND FORDISM?; 8 INFORMATION AND POSTMODERNISM; 9 INFORMATION AND URBAN CHANGE: MANUEL CASTELLS; 10 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Webster sets out to make sense of the information explosion. He looks closely at the different approaches to informational developments and provides critical commentaries on all major post-war theorists. |
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