Theories of the Information Society, Third Edition - Cryptome
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Index<br />
ability-to-pay principle 147, 148,<br />
149, 151, 270<br />
Abrams, Philip 263<br />
Abu Ghraib prison, Baghdad<br />
217<br />
accumulation: flexible 79–81;<br />
reflexive 92; regime <strong>of</strong> 64<br />
Act <strong>of</strong> Union (1707) 212<br />
Adam Smith Institute 177, 179<br />
Adidas 194<br />
Adorno, Theodor 167<br />
advertising 66, 124, 159, 161,<br />
167, 168, 191, 194, 195, 199,<br />
226, 228, 246, 259, 271;<br />
advertorials 192; economic<br />
worth 14; press 166;<br />
television 131, 147, 148, 174<br />
Afghanistan 198, 216, 256–7;<br />
Taliban 109, 217<br />
Africa 132, 133<br />
Agence France Presse 133<br />
Aglietta, Michel 7, 63<br />
agriculture see labour<br />
AIDS 61, 233<br />
Al Jazeera 217<br />
Al Qaeda 161, 220<br />
Aladdin (film) 73<br />
Albert, Prince 237<br />
Albrow, Martin 121<br />
Allen, Woody 240<br />
alternative realities 258<br />
Althusser, Louis 98<br />
American Civil War 24–5<br />
American Express 72<br />
Amnesty International 112, 219,<br />
262<br />
Anderson, Benedict 213<br />
animal rights 99, 218<br />
Apache 146<br />
Apple 129<br />
Archer, Jeffrey 158, 234<br />
Arnold, Mat<strong>the</strong>w 172, 183, 240<br />
art galleries 142, 166, 182–5;<br />
admission charges 143, 184,<br />
185; funding 183; sponsorship<br />
184–5<br />
Asda 194<br />
Associated Press 133<br />
associations 208–9<br />
AT&T 129, 130, 136, 141<br />
Atkinson, John 91<br />
Atonalism 230<br />
Austen, Jane 234<br />
au<strong>the</strong>nticity 235–9, 257<br />
automation 3, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48,<br />
78; robots 3, 40, 78<br />
automobiles see cars<br />
Bahamas 151<br />
Bali 218<br />
Balkans 216, 219<br />
Bangalore 151<br />
BankAmerica 72<br />
banks 206, 208, 209<br />
Barnet, Richard 103<br />
Bar<strong>the</strong>s, Roland 228; language is<br />
never innocent 243;<br />
metalanguages 243;<br />
polysemous views 239<br />
Basra 216<br />
Baudrillard, Jean 228, 229,<br />
244–9, 250, 251, 255, 258,<br />
259, 265; au<strong>the</strong>nticity 257;<br />
First Gulf War (1991) 256;<br />
hyper-reality 20, 248;<br />
postmodernism 4, 6;<br />
relativism 257; signs 255, 256,<br />
264; simulacrum 249<br />
Bauman, Zygmunt 4, 62, 229,<br />
260, 262, 264<br />
Beamish Industrial Museum 61,<br />
238<br />
Beatles, The 236<br />
Beck, Ulrich 206, 219<br />
Beckham, David 144<br />
Beetle 12<br />
Bell, Daniel 5, 99, 111–12,<br />
115, 125, 264, 265, 266,<br />
271; anti-holist 37, 43–4,<br />
52; employment sectors<br />
41–2, 47, 48, 49, 50, 59<br />
evolutionist 36–7; intellectual<br />
conservatism 43–6; more for<br />
less 39, 40, 45; post-industrial<br />
society 4, 6, 7, 14, 22, 32–59,<br />
62, 86, 120, 121, 124, 203,<br />
272; role <strong>of</strong> information 41–3;<br />
separate realms 37–8, 43, 52,<br />
59; talented tinkerers 29;<br />
technological determinism<br />
120; <strong>the</strong>oretical knowledge<br />
53–8, 59 271, 272; Weber<br />
and 44–5<br />
Bell Laboratories 253<br />
Benetton 77–8<br />
Benjamin, Bernard 188<br />
Benjamin, Walter 249<br />
Bennett, Alan 267<br />
Benson & Hedges 246<br />
Bentham, Jeremy 223<br />
Berlin Wall 61<br />
Berlusconi, Silvio 110<br />
Bernal, Desmond 122–3<br />
Bernays, Edward 167, 190, 191,<br />
192<br />
Bernstein, Carl 150<br />
Beslan 259<br />
Best, George 150, 226<br />
Bible 28, 33, 162, 238<br />
Big Bro<strong>the</strong>r 150, 201, 226<br />
304
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