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.
Broader term:Related term:Narrower terms:- Information society -- Brazil
- Information society -- Congresses
- Information society -- Economic aspects
- Information society -- Environmental aspects
- Information society -- Europe
- Information society -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Information society -- Periodicals
- Information society -- Political aspects
- Information society -- Social aspects
- Information society -- Statistics
- Information society -- United States
- Digital divide
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From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond: The Quest for Identity and Autonomy in a Digital Society (Amherst, MA: ID3 in cooperation with Off the Common Books, 2014), ed. by John H. Clippinger and David Bollier (multiple formats at archive.org)- 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)
- Human Rights in the Age of Platforms (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2019), ed. by Rikke Frank Jørgensen (PDF files at MIT Press)
- Reordering Ranganathan: Shifting User Behaviors, Shifting Priorities (Dublin, OH: OCLC Research, 2014), by Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Ixchel M. Faniel (PDF with commentary at oclc.org)
- Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World (prepublication version, 2010), by David Easley and Jon Kleinberg (PDF with commentary at Cornell)
- The YouTube Reader (Stockholm: National Library of Sweden, 2009), ed. by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau (PDF in Sweden)
- Open Source Democracy: How Online Communication is Changing Offline Politics (London: Demos, 2003), by Douglas Rushkoff
- The Emergence of Noopolitik: Towards an American Information Strategy (1999), by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (PDF files at rand.org)
- Information Liberation: Challenging the Corruptions of Information Power (1998), by Brian Martin (HTML and PDF in Australia)
- In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age (1997), ed. by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (PDF files at rand.org)
- Politicizing Digital Space: Theory, the Internet, and Renewing Democracy (London: University of Westminster Press, c2017), by Trevor Garrison Smith (multiple formats with commentary at University of Westminster Press)
- The Fight for the Future: How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the Internet-- For Now (c2013), by Edward Lee (PDF with commentary at thefightforthefuture.com)
- 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)
- The Information Age and the Printing Press: Looking Backward to See Ahead (1998), by James A. Dewar (HTML at rand.org)
- Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age (c2012), by Philippe Aigrain, contrib. by Suzanne Aigrain (PDF with commentary at sharing-thebook.com)
- 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)
- Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite, by John Brockman (HTML at edge.org)
- Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2022), by David Nemer (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
- Brazil@Digitaldivide.com: Confronting Inequality in the Information Society (c2003), by Bernardo Sorj, trans. by Jessica Galeria and Julie Remold (PDF with commentary at unesco.org)
- Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2022), by David Nemer (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
- Understanding the Social Impacts of Copyright: International CopyCamp Conference 2014, the Post-Conference Publication (Warsaw: Modern Poland Foundation, 2014), contrib. by Zuzana Adamová, Dimitar Dimitrov, Łukasz Łyczkowski, Yngve Sletthom, Jan Sowa, Marcin Wilkowski, Michał Woźniak, and Jacek Zadrozny
- Public Access ICT Across Cultures: Diversifying Participation in the Network Society (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2015), ed. by Francisco J. Proenza (PDF at idrc.ca)
- A Developing Connection: Bridging the Policy Gap Between the Information Society and Sustainable Development (Winnipeg, MB: International Institute for Sustainable Development, c2005), ed. by Terri Willard and Maja Andjelkovic (PDF at iisd.org)
- European Journal of ePractice (full serial archives)
- Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the GoodPlay Project (Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Press, c2009), by Carrie James (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
- Fast Capitalism (2005-) (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)
- Capital, State, Empire: The New American Way of Digital Warfare (London: University of Westminster Press, 2017), by Scott Timcke (HTML and PDF files at Project MUSE)
- Open Source Democracy: How Online Communication is Changing Offline Politics (London: Demos, 2003), by Douglas Rushkoff
- Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform (Cambridge, UK et al.: Cambridge University Press, c2020), ed. by Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker (PDF and HTML at Cambridge Core)
- Communication and Democracy: Coincident Revolutions and the Emergent Dictator's Dilemma (1997), by Christopher R. Kedzie (HTML at rand.org)
- Structures of Participation in Digital Culture (2007), ed. by Joe Karaganis (PDF with commentary at ssrc.org)
- How the World Changed Social Media (London: UCL Press, 2016), by Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliana Spyer, S. Venkatraman, and Xinyuan Wang
- Australian Politics in a Digital Age (c2013), by Peter John Chen (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
- Social Media in an English Village: or, How to Keep People at Just the Right Distance (London: UCL Press, 2016), by Daniel Miller
- Social Media in Southeast Turkey: Love, Kinship and Politics (London: UCL Press, c2016), by Elisabetta Costa
- Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide (c2011), by Jessamyn West (multiple formats with commentary at unglue.it)
- "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)
- Public Access ICT Across Cultures: Diversifying Participation in the Network Society (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2015), ed. by Francisco J. Proenza (PDF at idrc.ca)
- 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.
Filed under: Information superhighway- Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet (prepublication versions), by Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben (HTML at Columbia)
- For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)
- 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)
- 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)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.