The Information Society: Issues and Illusions

In recent years there has been a great deal of speculation about the possible consequences of the new technologies based on the silicon chip. The forecasts vary enormously from those who predict their use in an oppressive manner by government and the state, to those who envisage the advent of the micro-millennium.
This book provides an overview of the available evidence about whether we are entering a phase of social existence without precedent - the 'information society'. Further, it asks ...