As economic activity has become more information-intensive and ideas about the information society have been canvassed widely, information technology has overshadowed thinking about the role of communication and information. In the advanced economies investment in information-handling equipment has grown rapidly in importance and almost throughout the world telecommunications facilities are advocated as the leading edge of development.
This wide-ranging collection charts the responses of the economics discipline to these changes, initially slowly but with gathering pace, as communication and information have moved from the sidelines to centre stage.
This book will be an indispensible reference source by all those in the economics community, those interested in information science, library studies and communication.
| ISBN: | 9781858982946 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 1996 |
| Author: | Donald M Lamberton |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 549 pages |
| Series: | The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics |
| Genres: |
Economics Information technology industries |
As economic activity has become more information-intensive and ideas about the information society have been canvassed widely, information technology has overshadowed thinking about the role of communication and information. In the advanced economies investment in information-handling equipment has grown rapidly in importance and almost throughout the world telecommunications facilities are advocated as the leading edge of development.
This wide-ranging collection charts the responses of the economics discipline to these changes, initially slowly but with gathering pace, as communication and information have moved from the sidelines to centre stage.
This book will be an indispensible reference source by all those in the economics community, those interested in information science, library studies and communication.
The Economics of Communication and Information features in the following genres: Economics, Information technology industries, Information theory
The Economics of Communication and Information is available in Hardback
The Economics of Communication and Information was written by Donald M Lamberton and published by Edward Elgar Publishing
The Economics of Communication and Information has 549 pages
Yes it is part of The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series