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Record Nr.

UNISA996202043303316

Titolo

Key thinkers for the information society / / edited by Christopher May in association with British International Studies Association, International Communications Working Group

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-43445-6

1-134-43446-4

9780203217810

0-203-21781-0

1-280-07015-3

0-415-29673-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MayChristopher <1960->

Disciplina

303.48330922

Soggetti

Information society

Information technology

Communication - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Key Thinkers for the Information Society; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Editor's Introduction; 2. Walter Benjamin; 3. Murray Edelman; 4. Jacques Ellul; 5. Harold Innis; 6. Lewis Mumford; 7. Karl Polanyi; 8. Elmer Eric Schattschneider; 9. Raymond Williams; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Key Thinkers for the Information Society provides an introduction to some important social theorists whose work has considerable relevance to today's 'brave new world' of information and communication technologies. With the aim of widening current perspectives on the information society, each contributor introduces a particular theorist and discusses the way in which their insights can be reintroduced into debates regarding the social, political and cultural impact of ICTs. Theorists presented in Volume 1 include some well-known and some less well-known figures: Walter Benjamin; Murra