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Information Technologies and Social Orders (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Information Technologies and Social Orders (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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According to Carl J. Couch, the history of human society is one of
successive, sometimes overlapping, information technologies used to
process the various symbolic representations that inform social
contexts. Unlike earlier "media" theorists who ignored social
context in order to concentrate on the information technologies
themselves, Couch implements a consistent theory of interpersonal
and intergroup relations to describe the essential interface
between information technologies and the social contexts in which
they are used. Couch emphasizes the formative capacities of
information technologies across historical epochs and cultures, and
places them within the major institutional relations of various
societies. He views social orders as reflexively shaped by the
information technologies that participants use, and as susceptible
to mass brutality and oppression due to oligarchic control though
he hopes technology will remain humane. The original edition of
this manuscript was nearly complete at the time of Couch's death
and was brought to completion by two of his closest associates. Now
after two decades, during which its impact is indisputable, it has
been updated for a new generation of students and scholars.
Additions include discussions on books in the digital age, social
media, mobile telephones, recordings, participatory culture, and
more.
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