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Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion
Stephen D. McDowell
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Description for Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion
Paperback. Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion. 256 pages. Examines the world of communications as a space of mobility that overlaps uneasily with the world of sovereign, territorial nation-states. This book investigates specific policy problems encountered as international organizations try to "manage" a space that contradicts and supports existing systems of governance, identity, and technology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTC; JPS. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 14. Weight: 288.
Drawing on their expertise in geography, political science, international relations, and communication studies, McDowell, Steinberg, and Tomasello investigate specific policy problems encountered as international organizations, corporations, and individual users try to "manage" a space that simultaneously contradicts and supports existing institutions and systems of governance, identity, and technology.
Drawing on their expertise in geography, political science, international relations, and communication studies, McDowell, Steinberg, and Tomasello investigate specific policy problems encountered as international organizations, corporations, and individual users try to "manage" a space that simultaneously contradicts and supports existing institutions and systems of governance, identity, and technology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592132805
SKU
V9781592132805
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen D. McDowell
Stephen D. McDowell is John H. Phipps Professor of Communication and Chair of the Department of Communication at Florida State University. He is the author of Globalization, Liberalization, and Policy Change: A Political Economy of India's Communications Sector. Philip E. Steinberg is an Associate Professor of Geography at Florida State University. He is the author of The Social Construction of the Ocean and co-editor (with Rob Shields) of The Urban After Katrina: Place, Community, Connections, and Memory. Tami K. Tomasello is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, East Carolina University.
Reviews for Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion
"Accessible and welcoming. The theoretical underpinnings are clearly explicated, and strong. The book will be particularly useful as an introductory text in classes on globalization and information technology for those in the first two years of their undergraduate studies." Sandra Braman, University of Wisconsin "The main strength of this book is its strong theoretical framework... Managing the Infosphere will prove useful as a foundational text for anyone who wants to explore deeply how governance, cultural practices and technology shape and territorialize the space of information - and sometimes the other way around."- Spring 2009 issue of Global Media Journal "The book's strength lies in its cogent look at the space that hosts the virtual in order to help users understand mobile technologies
whether in applications of communication, tourism, or institution... What is particularly impressive in this work is the authors' depth of analysis despite handling so many and varied concepts... Managing the Infosphere is a stimulating book." Journalism & Mass Communication, Spring 2009 "The authors do admirably in taking a difficult and fluid topic and discussing it in such a way you can readily make sense of it... Like any good scholarly work, this [book] offers no solutions, only cautions and insights. In that sense, Managing the Infosphere may prove a valuable work for scholars and researchers looking for light to help them forge the way ahead."-Technical Communication, May 2009
whether in applications of communication, tourism, or institution... What is particularly impressive in this work is the authors' depth of analysis despite handling so many and varied concepts... Managing the Infosphere is a stimulating book." Journalism & Mass Communication, Spring 2009 "The authors do admirably in taking a difficult and fluid topic and discussing it in such a way you can readily make sense of it... Like any good scholarly work, this [book] offers no solutions, only cautions and insights. In that sense, Managing the Infosphere may prove a valuable work for scholars and researchers looking for light to help them forge the way ahead."-Technical Communication, May 2009