In the first edition of Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster set out to make sense of the information explosion, taking a sceptical look at what th

The second volume in the SIRCA book series investigates the impact of information society initiatives by extending the boundaries of academic research into the

This book is the first general social analysis that seriously considers the daily experience of information disruption and software failure within contemporary

Popular opinion suggests that information has become a distinguishing feature of the modern world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we

This lucid and insightful study of a crucial area of current debate covers the three theories of contemporary change: the information society, post-Fordism and