The (Dis)information Age - The Persistence of Ignorance (Hardcover, New edition)

The (Dis)information Age challenges prevailing notions about the impact of new information and media technologies. The widespread acceptance of ideas about the socially transformative power of these technologies demands a close and critical interrogation. The technologies of the information revolution, often perceived as harbingers of social transformation, may more appropriately be viewed as tools, capable of positive and negative uses. This book encourages a more rational and even skeptical approach to the claims of the information revolution and demonstrates that, despite a wealth of information, ignorance persists and even thrives. As the volume of information available to us increases, our ability to process and evaluate that information diminishes, rendering us, at times, less informed. Despite the assumed globalization potential of new information technologies, users of global media such as the World Wide Web and Facebook tend to cluster locally around their own communities of interest and even around traditional communities of geography, nationalism, and heritage. Thus new media technologies may contribute to ignorance about various "others" and, in this and many other ways, contribute to the persistence of ignorance.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Digital Formations, 79
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Shaheed Nick Mohammed
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	206
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-1502-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	1-4331-1502-6
Barcode:	9781433115028

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