Beschreibung:
This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with asubstantial new preface, highlights the economic and socialdynamics of the information age and shows how the network societyhas now fully risen on a global scale.* Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of informationon all aspects of society* Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and thenet-economy* Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and socialtransformation* Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, andEurope