Hi~, I will open an graduate course on "Network and Society". Through this course I would like to discuss about information society from those treaditional scholars as Baniel Bell and Fritz Matchl upto the latest ones who argued for information capitalism and congnitive capitalism. I will also introduce those scholars who give us deeper understanding as Manuel Castells, Jan van Dijk, and Frank Webster. I wonder if there is some textbook which can be usesd as a reference book in this class. I am looking for the one that can serve us with more balanced guideline between critical and positive approaches. Many thanks in advance. James *Joo Seong Hwang, Ph. D., Associate Professor *Graduate School of Public Policy and Information Technology Seoul National University of Science and Technology Changjo-Hall(Bd.No. 8), 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, 139-743, Seoul, KOREA (Office) 82-2-970-6868, (Fax) 82-2-970-6868, (MP) 82-10-3777-4450 jshwang@seoultech.ac.kr, * http://english.seoultech.ac.kr/academics/progradu/policytech/*<http://english.seoultech.ac.kr/academics/progradu/policytech/>