Myths of information: The cultural impact of new information technologies

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-348

  Balsamo, Anne ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0004758532     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537329608524256     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
2. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
3. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
4. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
5. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
6. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
7. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
8. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
9. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
10. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
11. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
12. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
13. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
14. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
15. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
16. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
17. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
18. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
19. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
20. A sample includes: J. Beniger, The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP, 1986); J. Berleur, A. Clement, R. Sizer & D. Whitehouse (Eds), The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes (New York, Springer Verlag, 1990); G. Brown, The Information Game: Ethical Issues in a Microchip World (London, Humanities Press, 1990); M. Castells, The Information City: Information, Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban Regional Process (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989); J. Collins, Architecture of Excess: Cultural life in the Information Age (New York, Routledge, 1993); T. Forester (Ed.), The Information Technology Revolution (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1985); T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity and People (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1989); O. H. Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1993); N. K. Hayles, 'Text Out of Context: Situating Postmodernism within an Information Society', Discourse, 9, 1987, pp. 24-36; L. Levidow and K. Robins (Eds), Cyborg Worlds: The Military Information Society (London, Free Association Books, 1989); S. Lubar, Infoculture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993); D. Lyon, The Information Society: Issues and Illusions (Cambridge, Polity Press, 1988); D. Lyon, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1994); V. Mosco, Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives en Videotex and Information Technology (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1982); M. Poster, The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992); N. Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York, Knopf, 1992); T. Roszak, The Culture of Information (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986); P. Sieghart (Ed.), Microchips with Everything (London, Comedia, 1983); J. Slack and F. Fejes (Eds), The Ideology of the Information Age (Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1987); N. Weinberg, Computers in the Information Society (Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990);
21. K. Woodward (Ed.), The Myths of Information: Technology and Postindustrial Culture (Madison, WI, Coda Press, 1989);
22. S. Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine (New York, Simon and Schuster, 1989).
23. H. S. Dorick and G. Wang, The Information Society. A Retrospective View (Newbury Park, CA, Sage, 1993); R. Silverstone (Ed.), Consuming Technologies: Media and Information in Domestic Spaces (London, Routledge, 1992).
24. H. S. Dorick and G. Wang, The Information Society. A Retrospective View (Newbury Park, CA, Sage, 1993); R. Silverstone (Ed.), Consuming Technologies: Media and Information in Domestic Spaces (London, Routledge, 1992).
25. A. Pennings, Electric Money and the Politics of Global Cyberspace (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming).
26. Special issue of Business Week on 'The Information Revolution', Summer 1994.
27. A. Wells Branscomb, Who Owns Information: From Privacy to Public Access (New York, Basic Books, 1994).
28. Ibid.
29. J. Carey, Communication Culture: Essays on Media and Society (Boston, Umvin Hyman, 1989).
30. Ibid., pp. 2-3.
31. Ibid., p. 6.