Communication by design the politics of information and communication technologies

The information and communication technologies (ICTs) of the 1990s enable the electronic production and consumption of increasingly vast quantities of information. The effects are likely to be both unpredictable and contradictory, and will have consequences for business, governments, organizations,...

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Main Author: Mansell, Robin
Other Authors: Robin Mansell; Roger Silverstone
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 1996
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Summary:The information and communication technologies (ICTs) of the 1990s enable the electronic production and consumption of increasingly vast quantities of information. The effects are likely to be both unpredictable and contradictory, and will have consequences for business, governments, organizations, and citizens. In this agenda-setting book, a highly experienced interdisciplinary team describe and analyze the impact of these developments. This book moves from economics, sociology, and political science in its study of information and communication and will be essential reading for all those in these disciplines concerned to understand the ICT challenge
Physical Description:278 p.
ill.
24 cm
ISBN:019829400X
9780198294009