1st Edition
Investigating Information Society
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Routledge
120 Pages
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Routledge
120 Pages
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Routledge
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This lively and engaging text introduces students to the major debates and data on the information society, and at the same time teaches them how to research it. It gives an overview of: * theorists of the information society, particularly Manuel Castells and Daniel Bell * social research methodologies, including positivist, interpretivist, critical and cultural * qualitative and quantitative... Read more
Introduction, Hugh Mackay; Chapter 1 The information society: continuity or change?, Hugh Mackay; Chapter 2 Theories of the information society, Hugh Mackay; Chapter 3 Social science and the information society, Hugh Mackay, Paul Reynolds; Chapter 4 Researching the information society: methods and methodologies, Hugh Mackay, Paul Reynolds; Chapter 5 Culture, representation and identities, Wendy Maples; Chapter 6 New patterns of work and inequality, Hugh Mackay; Chapter 7 Time—space reconfiguration, Hugh Mackay; Conclusion, Hugh Mackay;
Biography
Authored by Mackay, Hugh; Maples, Wendy; Reynolds, Paul
