Daniel Bell's theory of the information society

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 373-393

  Duff, A S ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

BELL INFORMATION SOCIETY THESIS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0032301019     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555159802400601     Document Type: Article

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