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A copy of the paper is available at the link, too.........rf http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/002930.html
AFTERWORD: CRITICAL INFORMATION STUDIES A bibliographic manifesto
Siva Vaidhyanathan
This paper takes measure of an emerging scholarly field that sits at the intersection of many important areas of study. Critical Information Studies (CIS) considers the ways in which culture and information are regulated by their relationship to commerce, creativity, and other human affairs. CIS
You know, this recalls the ongoing debate around WSIS re: an "information society" or, as many activists argue, a "communication society": http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/65050 http://gaz.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/66/3-4/203 etc. And, for that matter, "Critical Communication Studies" (CCS), a term which features its own histories and communities: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22critical+communication+studies%22 cheers Bram