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About the Author
William H. Dutton, Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, was National Director of the UK's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies while a Visiting Professor at Brunel University. He is the author of Wired Cities and Computers and Politics.
Reviews
An important contribution to the literature on the relationships between media and society. ... Teachers will find that the book provides important source material and literature reviews for their students. This book is a fitting epitaph for the PICT program and it shows what can be done by well managed and large scale social science research projects. * Peter B. White, LaTrobe University *
This is a very useful book for several reasons. it provides a useful window onto research in both Britian and eleswhere on the developing and growing role of ICTs in society. The organisation of its chapters and boxed features make for easy skimming - or in-depth reading of certain sections. While the context of much of the research is British, the lessons it provides and the findings it offers are international in scope. * Christopher H. Sterling. (Publication?). *
This book was quite obviously designed as a practical tool and is structured to allow its readers to easily find their way around a complex subject matter... extremely rich bibliography... very practical index... useful glossary and a multitude of box-type summaries and synthetical tables to give a quick picture of a given phenomenon, contrast various approaches or illustrate a concrete example. Dutton's work will undeniably prove useful to all those seeking a general framework of analysis to apprehend and understand the social upheavals ICTs may bring about. Thanks to its synthetical nature and the diversity and quality of the contributions it unites, Society on the Line should become a refernce work for a great many students as well as specialists in the field who will be able to consult it with interest to help clarify their thoughts on specific points. * Communications and Strategies Issue 37. *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198774600
Author William Dutton
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 609g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm