1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. Quality 4. Post-Industrial Society: Daniel Bell 5. Regulation School 6. Network Society: Manuel Castells 7. Mobilities 8. Information and the Market System: Herbert Schiller 9. Information and Democracy 1: Jürgen Habermas, the Public Sphere and Public Service Institutions 10. Information and Democracy 2: Friedrich Hayek and the neo-Hayekians 11. Information, Reflexivity and Surveillance: Anthony Giddens 12. Information and Postmodernity 13. Beyond the Information Society. Bibliography
Frank Webster has been Professor of Sociology at Oxford Brookes University, the University of Birmingham and City University London.
"For those who spend the time, the wealth of material can help them understand how information is shaping, in [Webster's] view, capitalistic democracy. Fortunately, his style is easily accessible..."— Tom Warren, STC, Technical Communication
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