On the present state of information society studies.

Duff, Alistair

Abstract

The paper assesses the present condition of the emerging specialism. Topics include the information economy; information technology; the information explosion; the Japanese version of information society; information society as social democracy; sociology and information science; scholarly journals; and the need for conferences. (Contains 57 references.

Citation

Duff, A. (2001). On the present state of information society studies. Education for Information, 19, (231-244). ISSN 0167-8329

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2001
• Deposit Date: May 5, 2008
• Print ISSN: 0167-8329
• Electronic ISSN: 1875-8649
• Publisher: IOS Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Pages: 231-244
• Keywords: Information society studies; information economy; information technology; information explosion; Japan; social democracy; higher education; scholarly journals
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2165