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Information and Society
Michael Buckland
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Description for Information and Society
Paperback. Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JM; PDR; UB; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 12. .
A short, informal account of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data. We live in an information society, or so we are often told. But what does that mean? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise, informal account of the ways in which information and society are related and of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data. Using information in its everyday, nonspecialized sense, Michael Buckland explores the influence of information on what we know, the role of communication and ... Read more
A short, informal account of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data. We live in an information society, or so we are often told. But what does that mean? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise, informal account of the ways in which information and society are related and of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data. Using information in its everyday, nonspecialized sense, Michael Buckland explores the influence of information on what we know, the role of communication and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262533386
SKU
V9780262533386
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About Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland is Emeritus Professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, and Codirector of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative there.
Reviews for Information and Society
Buckland's tour through the essentials of information handling-also because of its clear and mind-refreshing language-opens a new perspective on cyberlaw. The book invites us to take a step back from ever-changing technological characteristics, regulatory reactions, and accumulating caselaw and to take a fresh look at what all this is about, at how our societies create, handle, organize, share and restrict ... Read more