| Description |
vi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in communication and society
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Studies in communication and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Information in the pay-per society / Vincent Mosco -- How to think about information / Dan Schiller -- Cybernetic capitalism: information, technology, everyday life / Kevin Robins and Frank Webster -- Information as an economic good: sources of individual and social value / Benjamin J. Bates -- Information society: a computer-generated caste system? / Terry Curtis -- Political economy of communications competence / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. -- Hearts and minds revisited: the information policies of the Reagan administration / Donna A. Demac -- Libraries, public access to information, and commerce / Herbert I. Schiller and Anita R. Schiller -- Technical capability versus corporate imperatives: toward a political economy of cable television and information diversity / Eileen R. Meehan -- Bookkeeping for capitalism: the mystery of accounting for unequal exchange / Tony Tinker, Cheryl Lehman, and Marilyn Neimark -- Office automation and the technical control of information workers / Andrew Clement -- Electronic homework in West Germany: a critical appraisal / Jörg Becker -- Information technologies for the ASEAN region: the political economy of privatization / Gerald Sussman -- Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics: an international organization within the changing world political economy / Eileen Mahoney. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Communication.
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Communication. |
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Information science.
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Information science. |
| Added Author |
Mosco, Vincent.
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Wasko, Janet.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Political economy of information. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988 (OCoLC)570791143 |
| ISBN |
0299115704 |
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9780299115708 |
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0299115747 (paperback) |
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9780299115746 (paperback) |
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