Digital Information Culture
Digital Information CultureThe individual and society in the digital age by Luke Tredinnick This book is an introduction to the cultural, social and political impact of digital information technologies. It aims to explore how digital information technologies have changed our lives in the early twenty-first century. Digital Information Culture is organised into two sections. The first part of the book, "culture and technology", explores the representation of technology in the discourse of culture, and the kinds of narratives that emerge in response to the anxiety of socio-cultural change. The second part, "digital information culture", examines key themes in the developing socio-cultural landscape of the digital age: textuality; authenticity; knowledge; power; identity, and memory. The book develops a central argument about how the impact of technology is experienced through its destabilising effects on the artefacts of culture and knowledge, and the conflict it introduces between our narratives of our social world, and the changing reality with which we are faced day by day. The book is aimed at students and academics working in the fields of information management, media studies, cultural studies and communications studies. It is also targeted at library and information professions with an interest in the cultural and political aspects of digital information and digital technologies.
Luke Tredinnick is a Senior Lecturer in Information Management at London Metropolitan University and Course Leader for the MSc Digital Information Management. He teaches across the information management and media studies fields, including aspects of media theory, the social and political aspect of digital technologies, digital culture, and information management. He is the author of Why Intranets Fail , and Digital Information Contexts , published by Chandos Publishing.
Contact Details: l.tredinnick@londonmet.ac.uk |
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