The Information Society by Robert Hassan

The Information Society by Robert Hassan

What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century.

“Robert Hassan provides here an accessible and valuable review of the information society, with his own forceful argument for the role of neo-liberalism in shaping this accelerating and volatile world in which we must live”
Frank Webster, City University of London

“Robert Hassan has successfully updated the stale notion of information society. From the perspective of Internet culture Hassan takes apart the self-evident information technology hype. Instead of leading us further down into cold, sociological formulas, The Information Society engages in contemporary debates around the network effect. Hassan singles out two processes: commodification and acceleration. The critical contribution centres around the speed illusion of today's network society, culminating in the often heard question: how do you deal with chronic distraction?”
Geert Lovink, University of Amsterdam

Robert Hassan is Senior Researcher in Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne.

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ISBN 13	9780745641805
ISBN 10	0745641806
Title	The Information Society
Author	Robert Hassan
Series	Digital Media And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2008-09-26
Number of pages	248
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