{"product_id":"a-new-theory-of-information-steve-jones-9781433110627","title":"A New Theory of Information \u0026 the Internet: Public Sphere meets Protocol","description":"The Internet is a complex environment that affords many practices while constraining others. The challenge is to develop languages and tools to critically engage with these environments and to navigate the topology of being a citizen in a technologically mediated environment. This book begins this undertaking.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA New Theory of Information \u0026amp; the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e first documents the historical emergence of the scientific, mathematical, computing, and human communication discussions on information, together with the rise of information as a resource and a commodity. It posits that the contemporary situation has not changed in terms of resolving exactly what information might be as a real thing. What has changed is the idea of information as a resource and a commodity, which has become a cultural trope - a standard way of looking at information.\u003cbr\u003e In the process of examining the understanding of information and communication, this book investigates the notion of an informed citizenry and the possibilities of a public sphere\/s online within the context of the increasingly ubiquitous place of the Internet in social, informational life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Jones,Mark Balnaves,Michele A. Willson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433110628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433110627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 202","brand":"Steve Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444834021631,"sku":"9781433110627","price":45.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e286fbd-93ec-48b2-9f4c-b9549ec32d9c.jpg?v=1777214868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-new-theory-of-information-steve-jones-9781433110627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}