Social informatics and the political economy of communications

Information Technology and People

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Mansell, Robin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Philosophical concepts; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INFORMATICS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 18844422173     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840510584603     Document Type: Article

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