1st Edition

Powermatics A Discursive Critique of New Communications Technology

By Marike Finlay - de Monchy Copyright 1987
416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987. This critical work is an exploration of new communications technology in its social context, as a social discourse determined by other forms of inter-play. The author refers to Weber, Innis, Habermas and Foucault to develop her argument.

Introduction 1. Procedures of Discourses on New Communications Technology: The Episteme 2. New Communications Technology as Discourse: Techne 3. Powermatics: Focusing in on Power and Social Control 4. Alternative Procedures of Discourse: Epistemologies of Technology. Conclusion: Discursive Critique: Socio-epistemological Foundations for an Alternative Approach to Communication and Technology

Biography

Marike Finlay - de Monchy