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The information society : a study of continuity and change / John Feather

Author
Feather, John
Published
London : Facet Pub., 2013.
Edition
6th edition.
Physical Description
xxi, 218 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The historical dimension -- 1.From script to print -- The origins of writing -- The alphabet -- Images, sounds and numbers -- The first media -- The development of the book -- Printing: the first communications revolution -- The trade in books -- 2.Mass media and new technology -- The pictorial image -- The recording and transmission of sound -- Mass media: radio and cinema -- Television -- Computers: the second communications revolution -- pt. 2 The economic dimension -- 3.The information market-place -- The publishing industry: a paradigm of information transfer -- Authors and publishers -- The diversity of publishing -- New directions in publishing -- The evolution of the e-book -- The interdependent media: convergence and change -- The market: definition and size -- Fragmentation or competition? -- 4.Access to information -- The price of books and the cost of broadcasts -- The cost of libraries -- Public good or private profit? -- Electronic communications: access and costs -- The world wide web -- Networks: an electronic democracy? -- Electronic publishing: towards a new paradigm? -- The cost of access: issues and problems -- pt. 3 The political dimension -- 5.Information rich and information poor -- The value of information -- Information in developing countries: an issue defined -- Wealth and poverty: information and economic development -- Information delivery systems: some contrasts -- North and South: the world publishing industry -- Eastern Europe: a different poverty? -- The limits of wealth: information poverty in the West -- 6.Information, the state and the citizen -- The role of the state: an introduction -- The role of the state: the protection of intellectual property -- The role of the state: data protection and personal privacy -- The role of the state: freedom of information -- The role of the state: censorship -- Contemporary dilemmas: the issues redefined -- pt. 4 The information profession -- 7.The information profession: a domain delineated -- The role of the information professional -- The work of the information professional -- Librarians and libraries: archetypes in transition -- From archivist to records manager -- Information managers -- Managing knowledge -- Afterword: An information society? -- Studying the information society -- A note on further reading.
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ISBN
9781856048187 (pbk.)
1856048187 (pbk.)
Note
First published by Library Association Publishing, 1994
Previous edition, 2008.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2013
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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