The Modern Invention of Information : Discourse, History, and Power /

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"Examining texts from different information ages in Europe and the United States, Ronald E. Day argues that the history of information culture in the twentieth century ideologically shapes the very form for history and historicity in modernity." "After laying the groundwork and justif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Day, Ronald E., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Teoria da informação (história)
Sociedade da informação (história)
Informatiewetenschap.
Informatietheorie.
Informatiemaatschappij.
Information theory in literature.
Information theory.
Information society.
Information science > Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Theorie de l'information dans la litterature.
Information, Theorie de l', dans la litterature.
Theorie de l'information > Histoire.
Societe informatisee > Histoire.
Sciences de l'information > Philosophie > Histoire.
Information science > Philosophy > History.
Information theory > History.
Information society > History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Examining texts from different information ages in Europe and the United States, Ronald E. Day argues that the history of information culture in the twentieth century ideologically shapes the very form for history and historicity in modernity." "After laying the groundwork and justifying his method of close reading for this study, Day examines the texts of two pre-World War II documentalists, Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet. Through the work of Otlet and Briet, Day shows how documentation and information were associated with notions of cultural progress. Both writers understood documentation to reflect historical progress as well as to rationally create social order and community."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (152 pages).
ISBN:9780809385324

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