Information does not equal knowledge: Theorizing the political economy of virtuality

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Breen, Marcus ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MARKETING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

CAUSATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE GAP; RATIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 3042628374     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00076.x     Document Type: Review

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