This book focuses on the most neglected group in the literature on our information-intensive economy: workers. After authoring several articles on this topic themselves, McKercher and Mosco are to be complimented for advancing this focus by bringing together authors in Europe, North America, and Asia to address the conditions of the diverse work force in the information economy: workers in ... Read morejournalism, film, libraries, telecommunication, digital equipment factories and call centers.
Bella Mody, University of Colorado The main strength of Knowledge Workers in the Information Society is the breadth of subjects and variety of methodological inquiry, and, although this is a joint effort, Canadian communication 'eminence grise' Vincent Mosco's hand, as editor and author, is very apparent. He and fellow editor McKercher have undertaken a much appreciated project that I hope will continue.
Journal Of International Communication
At last, we have a book that gives knowledge workers back their agency. With analytical clarity and shrewd judgment, McKercher and Mosco have drawn together an impressive range of contributions from around the world that illustrate vividly, in all their complexity, the hard choices that knowledge workers make each day to balance their urge to creativity with their need to scrape a living and defend working conditions. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand knowledge work as it is in the real world, as opposed to the fantasies of policy gurus.
Ursula Huws, Analytica Social and Economic Research Show Less