TY  - BOOK
AU  - Castells,Manuel
TI  - The rise of the network society
T2  - The information age : economy, society, and culture
SN  - 9781405196864 
AV  - HC79.I55 C373 2010
U1  - 303.4833 CA.R 2010 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Information society
KW  - Information networks
KW  - Technology and civilization
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Mass media and culture
KW  - Computers and civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-565) and index; 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
N2  - "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)
ER  -