Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 08:19:48 -0400 From: Cyberdiva <radhik-AT-bgnet.bgsu.edu> Subject: Recent books on infotech&society >---------- >From: "ravisri" <ravisri-AT-md3.vsnl.net.in> >Subject: For moderation - Recent books on infotech&society >Date: Mon, Jul 5, 1999, 3:06 pm > > >There is so much hype about Info.Tech these days, with Bill Gates being >elevated to the level of a super-hero.It is no wonder that much of what we >read in media sounds more like advertorial than a critical analysis.IT is >seen >as a new panacea for society and computers are equated with nothing short >of magic. > >I want to introduce the following books,published in during the last >two/three >years so that you may get a different view than you read in media or hype >being passed off as expert opinion.I am not including Knowledge Societies >(ed) Robin Mansell etal,OUP,1998 in this list as I have reviewed it for >Cybersociology,No.4 (www.cybersoc.com). > >1,Digital Capitalism -Dan Schiller -MIT Press-1999 > >This book by analyses how internet and telecommunications were transformed >by corporate and commercial interests and how educational system is being >transformed now.if critical analysis that situates developments in their >contexts >is what you need go for this.demystifies telecom mergers and explores how >convergences in media,communication and information technologies are >transforming the world. > >2 Information Ecologies -MIT Press-1999 > >Just visit www.firstmonday.dk and look for May 99 issue. >The contents and some chapters are there.When a book is >featured in first monday like this need i say more. > >3 Artifical Knowledge - Alison Adam-Routledge-1998 > >What has gender to do with artificial intelligence and computers. >alison adam draws on her work and recent advances in feminist >perspectives on science to tell you a different story and discusses >about feminism and cyberspace,cyberfutures.your understanding of >ai/cyberspace will never be the same again. > >4 Digital Aesthetics-Sean Cubitt-Sage -1998 > >Interfaces,culture of the machine,virtual realism - collection of >articles on digital technology and culture.not just interesting, >a provocative book. > >5 Cutting Edge: Technology,Information,Capitalsim & Social Revolution >Ed:Jom Davis etal -Verso-1998 > >The title tells it.If you want to read what the left and progressives think >of >IT&Capitalism this is a sample.Read this with Monthly Reviews Special >Issue on IT (July-Aug 1996) to get a good overview from a left perspective. > >6 The Control Revolution-Andrew Shapiro -Public Affairs/The Century >Foundation-1999 > >Personal vs public interest in cyberspace.an account of internet,the legal >battles and wars to control internet and consumers.mostly us oriented , >a gripping account. > >7,Times of Technoculture-From the Information Society to Virtual Life- >Kevin Robins & Frank Webster-Routledge - 1999 > >From luddite analysis to space and virtual space -read this book and your >understanding of information revolution will be totally different from >what you hear from experts,media and politicians of all hues and >ideologies . > >Finally a very significant book is the triology by manuel castells ( The >Information Age-Vol I,II,III,1996-1998,Blackwell).I have read only vol I. >But read 'Is This the Information Age' Frank Webster-City 8,1997 and the >review by Steve Fuller in Science,Technology and Human Values ,Vol 24,No >1,1999 ,159-166 >for a critical analysis of one of the most important works of this decade . > >Resisting Virtual Life-City Light Books-SanFrancisc-1995 is a volume i am >interested in reading. > >if you have any additions to suggest or comments please tell. > >ravi srinivas >ravisri-AT-vsnl.com > > > __________________________________ Radhika Gajjala, Phd Assistant Professor, Dept of Interpersonal Communication School of communication studies Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~radhik alternate email addresses cyberdiva16-AT-hotmail.com cyber.diva-AT-mailcity.com
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