How to think about information /
This book explains the history and theory of information as a commodity in the contemporary world. It is common wisdom that the U.S. economy has continued to thrive despite the loss of industry because of the booming information sector, with high-paying jobs for everything from wireless networks to...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
©2007.
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Table of Contents:
- How to think about information
- Culture, information, and commodification
- Accelerated commodification
- Business users and U.S. telecommunications-system development
- The crisis in telecommunications
- The culture industry : convergence and transnationalization
- Parasites of the quotidian
- Mobilized
- Open questions about China, information, and the world economy.