Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction

What does it mean to live and work inside the information and communication technology revolution? Drawing upon cognitive, economic, management, political, and sociological theories, this book focuses on the nature and significance of newly-emerging patterns of social and technical interaction as digital technologies become more pervasive in the knowledge economy. Robin Mansell holds the Dixons Chair in New Media and the Internet within the Interdepartmental Programme on Media and Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 1988 to 2000, she was Professor of Information and Communication Technology Policy, Director of the Information, Networks & Knowledge (INK) Centre, and Director of Research, Science & Technology Policy Research (SPRU), all at the University of Sussex. Previous publications include Mobilizing the Information Society (with W. E. Steinmueller, OUP 2000), and Communication by Design (ed. with R. Silverstone, OUP 1996).