Jonathan Paul Marshall, James Goodman, Didar Zowghi, Francesca Da Rimini

Disorder and the Disinformation Society

The Social Dynamics of Information, Networks and Software

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Produktbeschreibung

Based in both rigorous theoretical work and case studies of software and network usage and installation, this book explores the idea that disruption and disorder are essential to the dynamic composition of contemporary Information Society. It covers topics ranging from organizational and social control to virtual communites and digital art, prov

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367599348
• ISBN-10: 0367599341
• Artikelnr.: 69891818

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Paul Marshall is an anthropologist and senior research associate at the University of Technology Sydney. James Goodman conducts research into social change and global politics and is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney. Didar Zowghi is Professor of Software Engineering, and the Director of the research centre for Human-Centred Technology Design (HCTD) at the Faculty of Engineering and IT at UTS. Francesca da Rimini is an Honorary Associate at the University of Technology, Sydney (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Information Society and Disorder 1. Disorder and Social
Theory 2. Robustness and Order in Theories of the Information Society 3.
Computers, Systems, Instability and Failure 4. Networks, Disorder,
Unpredictability 5. Disorders of Information 6. Capitalism and
Disinformation 7. Software Development 8. Software Disorder and Everyday
Life 9. Finance, Crisis and Informationalism 10. Disorders of the Commons,
Peer to Peer 11. Information-Disorder in Academia 12. Communication
Technology and the Origins of Global Justice Movements. Conclusion:
Disinformation Society