Information Society
Karamjit S. . Ed(S): Gill
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Description for Information Society
Paperback. This volume examines three critical debates of post-industrial society: culture and technology, information society, and postmodernism. It aims to provide theoretical and methodological underpinnings for the analysis and design of information, communication and multimedia technologies. Editor(s): Gill, Karamjit S. Series: Human-Centred Systems. Num Pages: 390 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Human-centredness: A Challenge to Post-industrial Europe? The key power in industrial society has been linked to the possession of capital and factory. In the "information society" it could be rather different. If one accepts that that the key power in the information society will be linked not so much to the ownership of information but to human creativity nourished by that information, the productive force of today and tomorrow, could be more and more the human brain. Making use of one's intelligence is always accompanied by positive emotion, which in turn further activates the intelligence. But, unfortunately, under present conditions ... Read more
Human-centredness: A Challenge to Post-industrial Europe? The key power in industrial society has been linked to the possession of capital and factory. In the "information society" it could be rather different. If one accepts that that the key power in the information society will be linked not so much to the ownership of information but to human creativity nourished by that information, the productive force of today and tomorrow, could be more and more the human brain. Making use of one's intelligence is always accompanied by positive emotion, which in turn further activates the intelligence. But, unfortunately, under present conditions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Series
Human-Centred Systems
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540760368
SKU
V9783540760368
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99-15
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