All Outputs (12)

The information society. (2015)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2015). The information society. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (83-89). Elsevier

No abstract available.

Information. (2014)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2014). Information. In The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, 1833-1835. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118474396.wbept0511

It is safe to say that information has not hitherto been a central concept of political philosophy. Apart from occasional flashes – from ancient Greek speculations on the political significance of logos (translatable in some contexts as “information”... Read More about Information..

Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. (2010)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2010). Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. In B. Smart (Ed.), Post-Industrial Society (201-232). SAGE Publications

Daniel Bell is recognised to be the foremost writer on the information society. The paper expounds his writings in detail, showing their development from the 1960s to the 1990s. It is argued that his position has always contained three distinguishabl... Read More about Daniel Bell's theory of the information society..

The age of access? Information policy and social progress. (2010)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2010). The age of access? Information policy and social progress. In S. Papathanassopoulos, & R. Negrine (Eds.), Communications Policy: Theories and Issues (49-64). Palgrave Publishers

The information society. (2010)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2010). The information society. In S. H. Priest (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication (397-400). SAGE Publications

R. H. Tawney. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2007). R. H. Tawney. In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 271-272. Macmillan Reference USA

Ethical messages: R H. Tawney confronts the information age. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A., & Melville, R. (2008). Ethical messages: R H. Tawney confronts the information age. In R. Keeble (Ed.), Communication Ethics Today, 125-133. Troubador Publishing

This chapter sets ethical thinker R H Tawney in context as a dissident son of the British establishment. We explore the roots of his politics in philosophical idealism and religious socialism, before translating his famous critiques of acquisitivenes... Read More about Ethical messages: R H. Tawney confronts the information age..

Information liberation? The relations of freedom and knowledge in social-democratic thought. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2008). Information liberation? The relations of freedom and knowledge in social-democratic thought. In N. Stehr (Ed.), Knowledge and Democracy: a 21st Century Perspective, 199-215. Transaction Publishers

Documentation and utopia: Fabian anticipations of the information society. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2008). Documentation and utopia: Fabian anticipations of the information society. In W. B. Rayward (Ed.), European Modernism and the Information Society (185-199). Ashgate Publishing

Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services. (2006)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2006). Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services. In A. Black, & P. Hoare (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland: 1850-2000 (627-638). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521780971.051

Modern librarianship has been shaped by many factors, socio-cultural, political, economic and demographic, but there is a strong case – although not necessarily a technologically deterministic one – for the assertion that technological change has bee... Read More about Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services..

For a new nanny state: the role of national information services in post-industrial societies. (2004)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2004). For a new nanny state: the role of national information services in post-industrial societies. In T. Mendina, & J. J. Britz (Eds.), Information Ethics in the Electronic Age: Current Issues in Africa and the World, 155-162. McFarland & Company

Social democracy and information media policy. (2003)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2003). Social democracy and information media policy. In B. Rockenbach, T. Mendina, & S. Almagno (Eds.), Ethics and Electronic Information: A Festschrift for Stephen Almagno, 154-165. McFarland & Co