Theories of the Information Society

Contents: Introduction Information and the idea of an information society The information society as post-industrialism : Daniel Bell Information, the nation state and surveillance : Anthony Giddens Information and advanced capitalism : Herbert Schiller Information management and manipulation: Jürgen Habermas and the decline of the public sphere Information and restructuring : beyond Fordism? Information and postmodernism Information and urban change : Manuel Castells Conclusion.