The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power

by Ronald E. Day

Book Overview

In The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power, Ronald E. Day provides a historically informed critical analysis of the concept and politics of information. Analyzing texts in Europe and the United States, his critical reading method goes beyond traditional historiographical readings of communication and information by engaging specific historical texts in terms of their attempts to construct and reshape history.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809328488
• ISBN13: 9780809328482
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"