Author: Michael Traber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Myth of the Information Revolution
Author: Michael Traber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Information Revolution
Author: Alan Porter
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Comprises 16 papers grouped under six themes: Implications for modern management; Implications for the workplace; Implications for academia; Implications for political affairs; Implications for "information societies"; Predictions.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Comprises 16 papers grouped under six themes: Implications for modern management; Implications for the workplace; Implications for academia; Implications for political affairs; Implications for "information societies"; Predictions.
The Myths of Information
Author: Kathleen M. Woodward
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : Coda Press
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : Coda Press
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Mexican Revolution
Author: Alan Knight
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803277700
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This comprehensive two-volume history of the Mexican Revolution presents a new interpretation of one of the world's most important revolutions. While it reflects the many facets of this complex and far-reaching historical subject it emphasises its fundamentally local, popular and agrarian character and locates it within a more general comparative context.-- Publisher.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803277700
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This comprehensive two-volume history of the Mexican Revolution presents a new interpretation of one of the world's most important revolutions. While it reflects the many facets of this complex and far-reaching historical subject it emphasises its fundamentally local, popular and agrarian character and locates it within a more general comparative context.-- Publisher.
The Myth of the Information Revolution
Author: Michael Traber
Publisher: London ; Beverly Hills : Sage Publications
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The information revolution' has generally been discussed from a European and North American perspective. This book analyzes the economics, politics and development of Third World countries in terms of their genuine communication needs rather than technological 'wants'. All the contributors (five are from the Third World) agree that access to economic data is a long-term necessity; that mass media must reorganize and reconceptualize in order to serve development needs; and that grassroot organizations using small media must be encouraged. The authors stress the direct link between communication development and Third World economic relationships. The 'information revolution' has so far had little impact on the Third World; and unless the popular sectors in developing nations assume both economic and communication power, that situation will continue. The book pleads, in effect, for a revolution from below -- a genuine communication revolution. The Myth of the Information Revolution presents unique material on the global debate over new communication technologies. Its level of language and its focus on issues will make it accessible to both academics and communication practitioners.
Publisher: London ; Beverly Hills : Sage Publications
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The information revolution' has generally been discussed from a European and North American perspective. This book analyzes the economics, politics and development of Third World countries in terms of their genuine communication needs rather than technological 'wants'. All the contributors (five are from the Third World) agree that access to economic data is a long-term necessity; that mass media must reorganize and reconceptualize in order to serve development needs; and that grassroot organizations using small media must be encouraged. The authors stress the direct link between communication development and Third World economic relationships. The 'information revolution' has so far had little impact on the Third World; and unless the popular sectors in developing nations assume both economic and communication power, that situation will continue. The book pleads, in effect, for a revolution from below -- a genuine communication revolution. The Myth of the Information Revolution presents unique material on the global debate over new communication technologies. Its level of language and its focus on issues will make it accessible to both academics and communication practitioners.
The Myth of Digital Democracy
Author: Matthew Hindman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691138680
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Matthew Hindman reveals here that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse in the United States, but rather that it empowers a small set of elites - some new, but most familiar.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691138680
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Matthew Hindman reveals here that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse in the United States, but rather that it empowers a small set of elites - some new, but most familiar.
The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution
Author: Keir A. Lieber
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501749307
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so intensely with their adversaries: they can end their arms races, scale back their alliances, and stop jockeying for strategic territory. But rarely have theory and practice been so opposed. Why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying? In The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution, Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press tackle the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons. They explain why the Cold War superpowers raced so feverishly against each other; why the creation of "mutual assured destruction" does not ensure peace; and why the rapid technological changes of the 21st century will weaken deterrence in critical hotspots around the world. By explaining how the nuclear revolution falls short, Lieber and Press discover answers to the most pressing questions about deterrence in the coming decades: how much capability is required for a reliable nuclear deterrent, how conventional conflicts may become nuclear wars, and how great care is required now to prevent new technology from ushering in an age of nuclear instability.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501749307
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so intensely with their adversaries: they can end their arms races, scale back their alliances, and stop jockeying for strategic territory. But rarely have theory and practice been so opposed. Why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying? In The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution, Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press tackle the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons. They explain why the Cold War superpowers raced so feverishly against each other; why the creation of "mutual assured destruction" does not ensure peace; and why the rapid technological changes of the 21st century will weaken deterrence in critical hotspots around the world. By explaining how the nuclear revolution falls short, Lieber and Press discover answers to the most pressing questions about deterrence in the coming decades: how much capability is required for a reliable nuclear deterrent, how conventional conflicts may become nuclear wars, and how great care is required now to prevent new technology from ushering in an age of nuclear instability.
Media Technology and Society
Author: Brian Winston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work reports on the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the myth of an 'information revolution'.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
How are new media born? How do they change? And how do they change us? This work reports on the history of communication technologies, from the printing press to the Internet, and seeks to challenge the myth of an 'information revolution'.
Myths of Demilitarization in Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1920-1960
Author: Thomas Rath
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469608359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
At the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, Mexico's large, rebellious army dominated national politics. By the 1940s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was led by a civilian president and claimed to have depoliticized the army and achieved the bloodless pacification of the Mexican countryside through land reform, schooling, and indigenismo. However, historian Thomas Rath argues, Mexico's celebrated demilitarization was more protracted, conflict-ridden, and incomplete than most accounts assume. Civilian governments deployed troops as a police force, often aimed at political suppression, while officers meddled in provincial politics, engaged in corruption, and crafted official history, all against a backdrop of sustained popular protest and debate. Using newly available materials from military, intelligence, and diplomatic archives, Rath weaves together an analysis of national and regional politics, military education, conscription, veteran policy, and popular protest. In doing so, he challenges dominant interpretations of successful, top-down demilitarization and questions the image of the post-1940 PRI regime as strong, stable, and legitimate. Rath also shows how the army's suppression of students and guerrillas in the 1960s and 1970s and the more recent militarization of policing have long roots in Mexican history.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469608359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
At the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, Mexico's large, rebellious army dominated national politics. By the 1940s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was led by a civilian president and claimed to have depoliticized the army and achieved the bloodless pacification of the Mexican countryside through land reform, schooling, and indigenismo. However, historian Thomas Rath argues, Mexico's celebrated demilitarization was more protracted, conflict-ridden, and incomplete than most accounts assume. Civilian governments deployed troops as a police force, often aimed at political suppression, while officers meddled in provincial politics, engaged in corruption, and crafted official history, all against a backdrop of sustained popular protest and debate. Using newly available materials from military, intelligence, and diplomatic archives, Rath weaves together an analysis of national and regional politics, military education, conscription, veteran policy, and popular protest. In doing so, he challenges dominant interpretations of successful, top-down demilitarization and questions the image of the post-1940 PRI regime as strong, stable, and legitimate. Rath also shows how the army's suppression of students and guerrillas in the 1960s and 1970s and the more recent militarization of policing have long roots in Mexican history.
The Global Course of the Information Revolution
Author: Richard O. Hundley
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Advances in information technology are heavily influencing ways in which business, society, and government work and function throughout the globe, bringing many changes to everyday life, in a process commonly termed the "information revolution." This book paints a picture of the state of the information revolution today and how it will likely progress in the near- to mid-term future (10 to 15 years), focusing separately on different regions of the world-North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Advances in information technology are heavily influencing ways in which business, society, and government work and function throughout the globe, bringing many changes to everyday life, in a process commonly termed the "information revolution." This book paints a picture of the state of the information revolution today and how it will likely progress in the near- to mid-term future (10 to 15 years), focusing separately on different regions of the world-North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.