a classical reading in this vein: Beniger, James. 1986. The control revolution: Technological and economic origins of the information society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. this might also be helpful: Mattelart, Armand. 2003. The information society: An introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. cheers, Eran -- Eran Fisher, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Kreitman School for Advanced Graduate Studies Department of Communication Studies Ben Gurion University, Israel ----- *New book*: Media and New Capitalism in the Digital Age: The Spirit of Networks (Palgrave, 2010) www.amazon.com/Media-New-Capitalism-Digital-Age/dp/0230616070 On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Holly Kruse <holly.kruse@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all:
I'm curious: what are recommended sources for social and cultural theories of computer networks?: specifically, social theories having to do with the technology's expansion across space. I'm need to make a fairly explicit analogy between the social implications of the historical development/organization and colonization of space of computer networks and another, older communication technology. I don't need to make analogies to other older communication technologies (writing, print, telegraph, telephone, radio, TV, etc. – or phonograph, on which I've written. I pretty familiar with that literature). For purposes of this project, I just need sources on computer networks. I probably need to re-read Castells, because it's been a while. Anything else?
Thanks!
Holly
---- Holly Kruse Department of Communications Rogers State University 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 918-343-7879 hkruse@rsu.edu or holly.kruse@gmail.com http://hollykruse.com or http://www.rsu.edu/academics/comm/kruse.asp
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