Description |
xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
pt. 1. information society: fact or fiction? -- 1. Theoretical perspectives on the information society / John Feather -- 2. information society: a secular view / Alistair Black -- 3. World gone wrong? Alternative conceptions of the information society / Dave Muddiman -- pt. 2. information society and daily life -- 4. Policy push, personal pull: trying to make sense of the journey towards the information society / Chris Batt -- 5. Information literacy and the information society / J. Stephen Town -- 6. Imaginative communities: turning information technology to expressive use in community groups / Ian Beeson -- pt. 3. information society and policy -- 7. Information policy: complexity, scope and normative structure / Ian Rowlands -- 8. Knowledge management in government / Margaret Haines and Paul Dunn -- pt. 4. information society and the information professional -- 9. Freedom versus protection: the same coin or different currencies? / Graham P. Cornish -- 10. Watching what happens to information about people: data protection / J. Eric Davies -- 11. Electronic publishing: what difference does it make? / Claire Warwick -- 12. role of the professional in the information society / Peter Brophy |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Digital communications.
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Information society.
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Author |
Hornby, Susan.
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Clarke, Zoë.
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LC no. |
2003386661 |
ISBN |
185604453X |
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