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Road closures and the superhighway.(The Information Society)(Book review)
Byline: KThomas
Road closures and the superhighway
' book review
It says a lot about the pace of change in recent years that The Information Society, first published in 1994, is in its fifth
edition. Methods of publishing and accessing information remained largely static for hundreds of years, but the past 14 years have been more about change than continuity.
The aim of the book, by John Feather, professor of library and information studies at Loughborough University, is to look at how changes in the way information is provided are inextricably linked to questions of economic development and state control.
The latest edition has been updated to discuss the impact of e-publishing and web-based technologies on how information is published, accessed and managed. Feather's view is that the internet has restricted as well as widened access to information. Publishing a document electronically makes it possible for many more people to view it, but it also makes it more expensive.
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