168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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There is a clear need for a systematic, integrative, and rigorous normative theory of the information society. In this book, Duff offers a prescriptive theory to help to guide the academic and policy communities as they debate the future shape of emerging post-industrial, information-based societies. He argues that information policy needs to become anchored in a left-liberal philosophy which... Read more
1. The Need for a Normative Theory of the Information Society 2. Reloading Social Democracy: A Rawls-Tawney Synthesis 3. On the Social Distribution of Information and News 4. Social Engineering, Industrial and Post-Industrial
Biography
Dr. Alistair Duff is reader in information and journalism at Edinburgh Napier University and a member of its Centre for Social Informatics. With a multidisciplinary background, he has published in a wide range of media on the social role of information. His monograph Information Society Studies was published in 2000 by Routledge.
