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Tables of Contents for Theories of the Information Society
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
viii
Introduction
1
7
The idea of an information society
8
22
The information society as post-industrialism
30
29
Daniel Bell
Information, restructuring and globalisation
59
38
Informational capitalism
97
27
Manuel Castells
Information and advanced capitalism
124
37
Herbert Schiller
Information management and manipulation: Jurgen Habermas and the concept of the public sphere
161
41
Information, reflexivity and surveillance
202
25
Anthony Giddens
Information, postmodernism and postmodernity
227
36
Conclusion: is there an information society?
263
11
Bibliography
274
25
Index
299