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The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power
Ronald Day
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Description for The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the concept and politics of information. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; GL; HBAH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
In The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power, Ronald E. Day provides a historically informed critical analysis of the concept and politics of information. Analyzing texts in Europe and the United States, his critical reading method goes beyond traditional historiographical readings of communication and information by engaging specific historical texts in terms of their attempts to construct and reshape history. After laying the groundwork and justifying his method of close reading for this study, Day examines the texts of two pre–World War II documentalists, Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet. Through the work of Otlet and Briet, Day shows ... Read more
In The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power, Ronald E. Day provides a historically informed critical analysis of the concept and politics of information. Analyzing texts in Europe and the United States, his critical reading method goes beyond traditional historiographical readings of communication and information by engaging specific historical texts in terms of their attempts to construct and reshape history. After laying the groundwork and justifying his method of close reading for this study, Day examines the texts of two pre–World War II documentalists, Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet. Through the work of Otlet and Briet, Day shows ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
221 g
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809328482
SKU
V9780809328482
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About Ronald Day
Ronald E. Day is an associate professor of library and information science at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is co-editor of Rethinking Knowledge Management: From Knowledge Objects to Knowledge Processes.
Reviews for The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power
"This book should be required reading for all library and information science students and practitioners... Day packs together a whole series of arguments that raise fundamental questions about the purpose and practice of information studies today." - Libraries and Culture "[A] beautifully thought-through attempt to develop a historiography of information. [Day] draws together a number of threads... to make the ... Read more