Introduction: Information Society Studies Frank Webster
Part1: The Information SocietyFrank Webster. Introduction. Advocates
1. Image of the Future Information Society Yoneji Masuda
2.Living on Thin Air Charles Leadbeater
3. Cyberspace and the American Dream Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth and Alvin Toffler. Critics
4. Who Will We Be in Cyberspace? Langdon Winner
5. The Cult of Information Theodore Roszak
6. The Long History of the Information Revolution Kevin Robins and Frank Webster
Part2: Post-Industrial Society Harri Melin. Introduction
7. Post-Industrial Society Daniel Bell
8. From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society Krishan Kumar
9. Is Britain the First Post-Industrial Society? John Urry
Part3: The Network SocietyFrank Webster. Introduction
10. An Introduction to the Information Age Manuel Castells
11. The Information City, the New Economy, and the Network Society Manuel Castells
12. Information Society Theory as Ideology Nicholas Garnham
Part4: TransformationsFrank Webster. Introduction
13. Mobile Sociology John Urry
14.The Three Jobs of the Future Robert B. Reich
15. The Economic Structure of Knowledge Societies Nico Stehr 16. Forms of Technological Embodiment Anne Balsamo
Part5: Divisions Kaarle Nordenstreng. Introduction
17. Data Deprivation Herbert Schiller 18. The Digital Divide Pippa Norris
19. The Degradation of the Practical Arts Christopher Lasch
Part6: Surveillance Raimo Blom. Introduction
20. Panopticism Michel Foucault
21. Managing the Informated Organization Shoshana Zuboff 22. New Directions in Theory David Lyon
Part7: DemocracyErkki Karvonen. Introduction
23. The Public Sphere Jurgen Habermas
24. The Media and the Public Sphere Nicholas Garnham
25. Structural Transformations of the Public Sphere John Keane
26. The Virtual Sphere: The Internet as a Public Sphere Zizi Papacharissi
Part8: VirtualitiesEnsio Puoskari. Introduction
27. The Mode of Information and Postmodernity Mark Poster
28. For a Cultural Future Eric Michaels
29. The Future Looms: Weaving Women and Cybernetics Sadie Plant