Information Society Studies

Alistair S. Duff is a Senior Lecturer and Teaching Fellow in the School of Creative Industries at Napier University.

• 1. Introduction.  2. The information sector version of the information society thesis.  3. The information flows version of the information society thesis.  4. The information technology version of the information society thesis  5. Synthetic methodology of the information society thesis  6. Overall conclusions.  Coda: An agenda for information Society Studies.  Appendix 1: Database searches.  Appendix 2: Telephone interview with Youichi Ito.  Appendix 3: Periodicals carrying articles on the information society between 1984 and 1997.

'The book is well-structured, logically argued and stout in defence of its arguments. ... deserves a wide prfoessional audience for its insights into what lies behind the transformations of libraries currently taking place' - Library Review'Alistair Duff has produced a bench-mark book which charts for us the emergence of the concept of 'information society' .' - Margaret Grieco, Urban Studies '[It]will undoubtedly play a considerable part in framing the new field of information society studies.' - Margaret Grieco, Urban Studies