The Chronoscopic Society: Globalization, Time and Knowledge in the Network Economy (Digital Formations)

The Chronoscopic Society: Globalization, Time and Knowledge in the Network Economy (Digital Formations)
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
0
ISBN
 
0820467073
Издатель
 
RAND Corporation
Категория
 
Культурный аспект

Описание:

In this groundbreaking book, media and time theorist Robert Hassan looks at the effects of the nexus between neoliberal globalization and the information technology revolution upon the production and dissemination of knowledge in technologically advancedsocieties. This nexus has created what Hassan calls an "information ecology," an environment that affects the individual, culture and society in the same dialectical ways as the natural and built environment. Significantly, this information ecology generates its own temporality, that of "network time," a digitally compressed and accelerated time that has "sped up" society dramatically since the late 1970s. Network time has changed the mechanics and institutions of knowledge production in society to an unprecedented degree and extent. How we think, what we think, and what we consider to be "useful" and "legitimate" knowledge is changing in ways (and at a rate) that poses serious problems for mass culture and civil society.

Похожие книги

Teaching Maths to Pupils with Different Learning StylesTeaching Maths to Pupils with Different Learning Styles
Автор: Tandi Clausen-May
Год: 2005
Capital CultureCapital Culture
Автор: Linda McDowell
Год: 1997
Capital CultureCapital Culture
Автор: Linda McDowell
Год: 2008