02969cam a2200433   4500001000700000003000800007005001700015008004100032010001700073015001500090020001500105020002100120035002700141040003400168042000800202050002100210082001900231100002000250245005800270250001200328260003200340300002100372365001500393440003900408504005100447505056900498520085301067520017801920546001302098650003502111650004602146650002502192650002802217650002402245856009102269942001202360999001702372952014602389177363BD-DhUL20160402154736.0011107s2002    enk           001 0 eng    a  2001048947  aGBA2-32435  a0415282004  a0415282012 (pbk)  a(AuCNLKIN)000023192922  aTUcBD-DhULdBD-DhULdBD-DhUL  apcc 0aHM258b.W39 199500a302.2220bWET1 aWebster, Frank.10aTheories of the information society /cFrank Webster.  a2nd ed.  aLondon :bRoutledge,c2002.  a304 p. ;c24 cm.  aGBPb17.99 0aInternational library of sociology  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. Introduction -- 2. Information and the Idea of an Information Society -- 3. The Information Society as Post-Industrialism: Daniel Bell -- 4. Information, Restructuring and Globalization -- 5. Information Capitalism: Manuel Castells -- 6. Information and Advanced Capitalism: Herbert Schiller -- 7. Information Management and Manipulation: Jurgen Habermas and the Decline of the Public Sphere -- 8. Information Reflexivity and Surveillance: Anthony Giddens -- 9. Information and Postmodernism and Postmodernity-- 10. Conclusion : is there an Information Society?1 a"Popular opinion suggests that information has become a distinguishing feature of the modern world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now instead said to be part of a global information economy. In the first edition of Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster set out to make sense of the information explosion, taking a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they refer to the information society, and critically examining all the major post-war theories and approaches to informational development. In this new and thoroughly revised edition the author brings his study right up to date both with new theoretical work and with social and technological changes - such as the rapid growth of the Internet and accelerated globalisation - and reassesses the work of key theorists in light of these changes."8 a"This book will be essential reading for students of contemporary social theory and anybody interested in social and technological change in the post-war era."--BOOK JACKET.  aEnglish. 0aCommunicationxSocial aspects. 0aCommunicationxTechnological innovations. 0aInformation society. 0aInformation technology. 0aInformation policy.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/2001048947-d.html  2ddccBK  c51931d51931  00102ddc406302_200000000000000_WET708NFIC986550aDULbDULcGENd1999-02-17ePurchasedo302.2 WETp396744r2016-04-02t1w2016-04-02yBK