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Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 08:19:48 -0400
From: Cyberdiva <radhik-AT-bgnet.bgsu.edu>
Subject: Recent books on infotech&society


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>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




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