How to Think about Information

by Dan Schiller

Book Overview

It is common wisdom that the U.S. economy has adapted to losses in its manufacturing base because of the booming information sector, with high-paying jobs for everything from wireless networks to video games. We are told we live in the Information Age, in which communications networks and media and information services drive the larger economy. While the Information Age may have looked sunny in the beginning, as it has developed it looks increasingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031326
• ISBN13: 9780252031328
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"