Information society

Here are entered works on the concept of a society whose primary activity is the production and communication of information by means of computer networks and other advanced technology.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

• Sociology

• Information superhighway

• Information society -- Europe
• Information society -- Periodicals
• Information society -- Political aspects
• Information society -- Social aspects
• Information society -- Statistics
• Information society -- United States
• Digital divide

• Access to Knowledge: A Guide for Everyone (Kuala Lumpur: Consumers International, 2010), ed. by Frederick Noronha and Jeremy Malcolm (PDF with commentary at a2knetwork.org)
• Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite, by John Brockman (HTML at edge.org)
• The Emergence of Noopolitik: Towards an American Information Strategy (1999), by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (PDF files at rand.org)
• The Future of Austria: Opportunities and Dangers in the Age of Nanotechnology (2006), ed. by Ernst Eugen Veselsky, trans. by Hedwig D. Thimig, contrib. by Robert B. Textor (PDF at Stanford)
• The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World (New York: Random House, c2001), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF with commentary at the-future-of-ideas.com)
• In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age (1997), ed. by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (PDF files at rand.org)
• The Information Age and the Printing Press: Looking Backward to See Ahead (1998), by James A. Dewar (HTML at rand.org)
• Information Liberation: Challenging the Corruptions of Information Power (1998), by Brian Martin (HTML and PDF in Australia)
• Open Source Democracy: How Online Communication is Changing Offline Politics (London: Demos, 2003), by Douglas Rushkoff
  • PDF with commentary at rushkoff.com
  • Gutenberg text
• Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008), by Christopher M. Kelty (HTML and PDF with commentary at twobits.net)
• The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006), by Yochai Benkler (PDF and HTML files with commentary at benkler.org)
• The YouTube Reader (Stockholm: National Library of Sweden, 2009), ed. by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau (PDF with commentary in Sweden)

• European Journal of ePractice (full serial archives)

• Informatica Economica (Bucharest: INFOREC Association, 1997-) (partial serial archives)

• Measuring the Information Society (annual report free online from 2010 onward, except for one annex), by International Telecommunication Union (partial serial archives)

• Measuring the Information Society (annual report free online from 2010 onward, except for one annex), by International Telecommunication Union (partial serial archives)

• Processed World (full serial archives)

• Communication and Democracy: Coincident Revolutions and the Emergent Dictator's Dilemma (1997), by Christopher R. Kedzie (HTML at rand.org)
• Open Source Democracy: How Online Communication is Changing Offline Politics (London: Demos, 2003), by Douglas Rushkoff
  • PDF with commentary at rushkoff.com
  • Gutenberg text

• Structures of Participation in Digital Culture (2007), ed. by Joe Karaganis (PDF with commentary at ssrc.org)

• "Race to the Bottom": Corporate Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2006), by Rebecca MacKinnon (PDF with commentary at hrw.org)

• Funding and Implementing Universal Access: Innovation and Experience from Uganda (c2005), by Uganda Communications Commission (PDF with commentary at Fountain Publishers)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)
• Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet (prepublication versions), by Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben (HTML at Columbia)

• The Canadian Information Highway: Building Canada's Information and Communications Infrastructure (1994), by Industry Canada (text at archive.org)
• Cyberidentities: Canadian and European Presence in Cyberspace (c1999), ed. by L. d' Haenens (PDF with commentary at Ottawa)

• Revolution in the U.S. Information Infrastructure, by National Academy of Engineering (HTML at NAP)

• The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual (2000), by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger (HTML at cluetrain.com)

• Cyberidentities: Canadian and European Presence in Cyberspace (c1999), ed. by L. d' Haenens (PDF with commentary at Ottawa)

• The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000, by NII 2000 Steering Council (HTML and page images at NAP)

• An Exploration of Cyberspace Security R&D Investment Strategies for DARPA: "The Day After ... in Cyberspace II" (1996), by Robert H. Anderson and Anthony C. Hearn (HTML at rand.org)

• Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (second edition, 2006; with link to wiki updates of 1999 edition), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF with commentary at codev2.cc)

• The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age (2000), by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML at NAP)

• Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (second edition, 2006; with link to wiki updates of 1999 edition), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF with commentary at codev2.cc)

• JIPITEC: Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law (2010-) (full serial archives)

• First Monday (full serial archives)

• The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual (2000), by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger (HTML at cluetrain.com)

• The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (page images at NAP)
• Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure: The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, by Information Infrastructure Task Force (PDF files at uspto.gov)

• Electronic Delivery of Public Assistance Benefits: Technology Options and Policy Issues (1988), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Cyberpayments and Money Laundering: Problems and Promise, by Roger C. Molander, David A. Mussington, and Peter A. Wilson (PDF files with commentary at rand.org)

• Electronic Enterprises: Looking to the Future (1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture From Consumerism to Control (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009), by Theodore G. Striphas (zipped PDF with commentary at thelateageofprint.org)

• Bringing Nothing to the Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore (c2008), by Paul Carr (HTML at techcrunch.com)
• Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective (electronic edition, c2008), by Richard Thomas Watson, Pierre Berthon, Leyland F. Pitt, and George M. Zinkhan (PDF at Georgia)
• How to Grow Your Small Business Rapidly Online, by Jim Green (HTML with commentary at HowTo)

• Living Networks: Leading Your Company, Customers, and Partners in the Hyper-Connected Economy (c2002), by Ross Dawson (PDF files with commentary at livingnetworksbook.com)

• ICT Policies and E-Strategies in the Asia-Pacific: A Critical Assessment of the Way Forward (2004), ed. by Phet Sayo, James George Chacko, and Gopi Pradhan (PDF at apdip.net)
• ICT Policy Formulation and E-Strategy Development: A Comprehensive Guidebook (2005), by Richard Labelle (PDF at apdip.net)
• An Overview of ICT Policies and E-Strategies of Select Asian Economies (2004), ed. by Emmanuel C. Lallana (PDF at apdip.net)

• The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual (2000), by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger (HTML at cluetrain.com)
• eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Online Marketing (derived from Creative Commons licensed edition published by Flat World Knowledge, ca. 2010), by Rob Stokes (PDF at saylor.org)
• How to Make a Fortune on the Internet, by Ajay Ahuja (HTML with commentary at HowTo)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.