Investigating Information Society (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415268318)

This lively and engaging text introduces students to the major debates and data on the information society, and at the same time teaches them how to research it. It gives an overview of: * theorists of the information society, particularly Manuel Castells and Daniel Bell * social research methodologies, including positivist, interpretivist, critical and cultural * qualitative and quantitative research methods and criteria for social science evaluation. Drawing on a rich body of empirical work, it explores three core themes of information society debates: the transformation of culture through the information revolution, changing patterns of work and employment and the reconfiguration of time and space in everyday life. In exploring these, the reader is introduced through case-studies, activities, and questions for discussion, to the practicalities of doing social research and the nature of social science argument and understanding.

Author: Hugh MacKay,Wendy Maples,Paul Reynolds
ISBN-10: 0415268311
ISBN-13: 9780415268318
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2002
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.98h x 7.52w x 0.52d