The rise of the network society Manuel Castells

By:

Castells, Manuel

Publication details: Wiley-Blackwell 2010 U KEdition: 2/eDescription: 597 p illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9781405196864

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DDC classification:

316.740 CAS

Contents:

The information technology revolution -- The new economy: informationalism, globalization, networking -- The network enterprise: the culture, institutions, and organizations of the informational economy -- The transformation of work and employment: networkers, jobless, and flex-timers -- The culture of real virtuality: the integration of electronic communication, the end of the mass audience, and the rise of interactive networks -- The space of flows -- The edge of forever: timeless time -- Conclusion: the network society.

Summary: "A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. The book discusses how the global economy is now characterized by the almost instantaneous flow and exchange of information, capital, and cultural communication. These flows order and condition both consumption and production. The networks themselves reflect and create distinctive cultures. Both they and the traffic they carry are largely outside national regulation. Our dependence on the new modes of informational flow gives enormous power to those in a position to control them to control us. The main political arena is now the media, and the media are not politically answerable. Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Castells, formulates a systematic theory of the information society and details the new social and economic developments brought by the Internet and the 'new economy'."--Http://search.barnesandnoble.com (April 12, 2011)

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The information technology revolution --
The new economy: informationalism, globalization, networking --
The network enterprise: the culture, institutions, and organizations of the informational economy --
The transformation of work and employment: networkers, jobless, and flex-timers --
The culture of real virtuality: the integration of electronic communication, the end of the mass audience, and the rise of interactive networks --
The space of flows --
The edge of forever: timeless time --
Conclusion: the network society.

"A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. The book discusses how the global economy is now characterized by the almost instantaneous flow and exchange of information, capital, and cultural communication. These flows order and condition both consumption and production. The networks themselves reflect and create distinctive cultures. Both they and the traffic they carry are largely outside national regulation. Our dependence on the new modes of informational flow gives enormous power to those in a position to control them to control us. The main political arena is now the media, and the media are not politically answerable. Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Castells, formulates a systematic theory of the information society and details the new social and economic developments brought by the Internet and the 'new economy'."--Http://search.barnesandnoble.com (April 12, 2011)

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