Illusions of perfect information and fantasies of control in the information society

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-122

  Winseck, Dwayne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information abundance; Information society; Media economy; Open networks; Risk society; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036101317     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440222226280     Document Type: Article

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