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The information society : an introduction

Armand Mattelart ; translated by Susan G. Taponier and James A. Cohen

SAGE Publications, 2003

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Other Title

Histoire de la société de l'information

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Translation of: Histoire de la société de l'information

Bibliography: p. [163]-175

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The impact of the `information society' are multiform and transdisciplinary. There are few areas of social, political and economic life that have not been affected or challenged by the new technologies of information and communication. In this short introduction, Armand Mattelart unpacks the notion of the information society, and examines why it has become the dominant paradigm for social change in the 21st Century. Critically, he also asks why the notion has come to dominant in the absence of any critical examination of the conditions under which it has been produced. Combining a long-term historical and geopolitical perspective, Mattelart questions the axioms used to legitimate the Information Society and critically assesses the ways in which it has been conceptualised as a theoretical concept as well as policy making tool. This introduction will be of interest to all students of media and communication, as well as social scientists in general.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Cult of Numbers Managing the Industrial and Scientific Age The Emergence of Computers Post-industrial Scenarios The Metamorphoses of Public Policy The Geopolitical Stakes of the Global Information Society

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  • NCID
    BA6286289X
  • ISBN
    • 076194947X
    • 0761949488
  • LCCN
    2002114570
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    182 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
  • Subject Headings
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