Theories of the information society / Frank Webster.

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

vi, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.

Introduction -- Information and the idea of an information society -- The information society as post-industrialism : Daniel Bell -- Information, the nation state and surveillance : Anthony Giddens -- Information and advanced capitalism : Herbert Schiller -- Information management and manipulation : Jürgen Habermas and the decline of the public sphere -- Information and restructuring : beyond Fordism? -- Information and postmodernism -- Information and urban change : Manuel Castells -- Conclusion.