{"product_id":"the-information-society-cyber-dreams-and-digital-nightmares-paperback-softback-9780745641805","title":"The Information Society; Cyber Dreams and Digital Nightmares (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745641805","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Information Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCyber Dreams and Digital Nightmares\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Hassan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745641805, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 September 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 15 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Robert Hassan provides here an accessible and valuable review of the information society, with his own forceful argument for the role of neo-liberalism in shaping this accelerating and volatile world in which we must live.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrank Webster, \u003ci\u003eCity University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Robert Hassan has successfully updated the stale notion of information society. From the perspective of Internet culture Hassan takes apart the self-evident information technology hype. Instead of leading us further down into cold, sociological formulas, \u003ci\u003eThe Information Society\u003c\/i\u003e engages in contemporary debates around the network effect. Hassan singles out two processes: commodification and acceleration. The critical contribution centres around the speed illusion of today's network society, culminating in the often heard question: how do you deal with chronic distraction?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeert Lovink, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a positive light, where the dreams of democracy, of ‘connectivity’ and ‘efficiency’ constituted a break with the old ways. But other thinkers viewed it more in terms of the recurrent nightmare of capitalism, where the processes of exploitation, commodification and alienation are given much freer rein than ever before. In this book Robert Hassan, a prominent theorist in new media and its effects, analyses and critically appraises these positions and forms them into a coherent narrative to illuminate the phenomenon. \u003cp\u003eSurveying the works of major information society theorists from Daniel Bell to Nicholas Negroponte, and from Vincent Mosco to Manuel Castells, \u003ci\u003eThe Information Society\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for understanding the nature of the information society—as well as the meta-processes of neoliberal globalisation and the revolution in information technologies that made it possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Information Society Today: The Acceleration of Just About Everything 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Coming of the Information Society 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Information Takes Over 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Shrinking Planet 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Commodification and Culture in the Information Society 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Faster and Faster 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Who Rules?: Politics and Control in the Information Society 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 253\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Electronics%20\u0026amp;%20communications%20engineering%20%5BTJ%5D%22\"\u003eTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407306748184,"sku":"9780745641805","price":18.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745641805.jpg?v=1784160507","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-information-society-cyber-dreams-and-digital-nightmares-paperback-softback-9780745641805","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}