Communication, technology, and politics in the information age
′Sussman is a severe critic of mass media culture, and a yet more severe critic of the interests behind it. His book is a long, powerful and sophisticated polemic.... an entertaining read, filled with intriguing detail.... An important contribution to an area of concern within international affairs′ - International Affairs
Print Book, English, cop. 1997
Sage, Thousand Oaks (California), cop. 1997
XV, 319 p. 23 cm
9780803951402, 080395140X
432540384
PART ONE: THE MEANING AND POLITICS OF THE `COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION′Ideology and Discourses of the "Information Society"A Political Economy of CommunicationsPART TWO: THE SOCIAL HISTORICAL PROCESSHistorical Perspectives on CommunicationsMass Consumption, Mass Communications and PoliticsPART THREE: POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE `INFORMATION SOCIETY′Modern Power Structures and the Means to CommunicatePrivatizing the Ether Regulation, Deregulation and Information ApartheidPART FOUR: THE GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF THE `INFORMATION SOCIETY′The Third World Meets the `Third Wave′PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONSCommunication, Technology and Politics