Theories of the Information Society, Third Edition - Cryptome
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INDEX<br />
neo-Marxism 7; new world<br />
information order 133;<br />
political economy 125–7;<br />
transnational empire 129–35<br />
Schumpeter 10, 105<br />
scientific knowledge 145<br />
Scott, John 118–19<br />
Seabrook, Jeremy 158<br />
Seaton, Jean 171<br />
Selbourne, David 232<br />
Serbia 109, 199, 216, 219<br />
service sector see labour<br />
Shakespeare, William 28, 33,<br />
157, 162, 234, 240<br />
Shannon, Claude 26<br />
Sharpe, Richard 136–7<br />
Shell see Royal Dutch Shell<br />
‘Shock and Awe’ see Gulf War,<br />
Second<br />
shopping, online 155<br />
Shotton 66<br />
Siemens 88, 136, 152, 270<br />
Sierra Leone 219<br />
signs 4, 20, 228, 244–9, 250–1,<br />
255, 256, 264, 272, 273<br />
Sillitoe, Alan 82<br />
Simmel 209<br />
simulacrum 249<br />
simulations 216, 251<br />
Singapore 103<br />
Singelmann 49<br />
Sinn Fein 197<br />
Situationists 244<br />
Six Feet Under 174<br />
skills: deskilling 91; reskilling 91;<br />
transferable 115<br />
Skoda 12<br />
Sky 106, 148–9, 173<br />
slavery 96, 120, 121<br />
‘smart’ weapons 214<br />
Smith, Adam: invisible hand 42,<br />
64<br />
Smith, Roger B. 192<br />
Smy<strong>the</strong>, Dallas 154<br />
soap opera see television<br />
Social Darwinism 36<br />
social exclusion/inclusion 99<br />
Social Trends 188<br />
social workers 16<br />
society: nation state and 210;<br />
weakening <strong>of</strong> 6<br />
Sociological Review, The 34<br />
Somalia 132<br />
Sony 71<br />
Sopranos, The 131, 174<br />
sound systems 159<br />
South Africa 102<br />
South Korea 10<br />
Soviet Union: collapse <strong>of</strong> 69, 99,<br />
102, 162, 212, 214;<br />
communism 232; ethnic<br />
nationalism 110; Gulag 232,<br />
254; social structure 36; see<br />
also Russia<br />
space <strong>of</strong> flows 108<br />
space <strong>of</strong> places 108<br />
Spain 43, 110, 162<br />
specialisation, flexible 7, 62, 63,<br />
89–93, 94–6, 266<br />
Spencer, Herbert 204<br />
spin doctors 190<br />
sponsorship 124, 148, 168, 191,<br />
192; higher education 192,<br />
194, 195; museums and<br />
galleries 184–5; sport 185,<br />
194; television 174, 194<br />
sport 124, 131, 148–9;<br />
sponsorship 185, 194;<br />
television 131, 148–9, 174<br />
Springer, Jerry 201<br />
Springsteen, Bruce 148<br />
Stalin, Joseph 232<br />
Star Wars 1 (film) 73<br />
statistics 24, 25, 142, 163, 166,<br />
186–9, 221, 269; Internet<br />
access 188–9<br />
Stehr, Nico 30, 56, 122, 271<br />
Steinfels, Peter 38<br />
Stenner, Peter 201<br />
Stephenson, George 29, 54,<br />
123<br />
Stonehenge 238<br />
Stonier 26<br />
stratification: new forms 111–12<br />
structuralism 243<br />
structuration <strong>the</strong>ory 203<br />
subversion 218<br />
Sun, The 14, 226<br />
Sunderland 75, 95<br />
Surrealism 230, 260<br />
surveillance 4, 6, 110, 153, 157,<br />
204, 205, 206, 207, 210, 264;<br />
capitalist 224; corporate<br />
224–6; dangers <strong>of</strong> 222–4;<br />
national defence and 217–18;<br />
systematic 18<br />
Sussman, Gerald 125<br />
Su<strong>the</strong>rland, John 144–5<br />
Sweden 10<br />
Switzerland 43<br />
symbolic analysts 3, 15, 84, 93,<br />
97, 113<br />
symbolic environment 73<br />
symbolic exchange 250–1<br />
symbols 27, 228<br />
tattoos 228<br />
Taylor, A. J. P. 169<br />
Taylor, F. W. 90, 224<br />
Tebbit, Norman 252<br />
technological determinism 12,<br />
44, 45, 120, 123, 264, 272<br />
telecommunications 62, 72, 103,<br />
124, 129, 130, 199, 206, 208,<br />
225; call centres 79;<br />
interceptions 223; mobile<br />
phones 244; satellite<br />
videophone 18; US 74, 133;<br />
see also Internet<br />
teleological thinking 36<br />
Telerate 137<br />
television 19, 61, 66, 67, 107,<br />
135, 169–79, 229, 244; access<br />
146, 200; advertising 131,<br />
147, 148, 154, 174;<br />
advertorials 154; American<br />
73; audience participation<br />
200; cable 9, 19, 106, 136,<br />
148, 149, 153, 173, 174, 175,<br />
225, 228, 249; chat shows<br />
148; civic involvement and<br />
162; commercial 131, 143,<br />
170, 171, 200;<br />
commodification 144, 157;<br />
corporate training for 192–3;<br />
couch potatoes 153–4, 249;<br />
digital 11, 19, 124, 200;<br />
economic worth 14;<br />
enhancement <strong>of</strong> 147;<br />
entertainment orientation<br />
195; escapist programmes<br />
137; expansion <strong>of</strong> output 158,<br />
175; films 148, 174; flatscreen<br />
153; game shows 148;<br />
home entertainment centres<br />
136, 153; information<br />
revolution and 147;<br />
infotainment 168, 174, 195;<br />
lifestyle 166; marketing 153;<br />
McLuhan and 105–6; news<br />
124, 150, 170, 230, 257;<br />
political economy 126;<br />
politics and 106, 107, 196;<br />
pornography 148; product<br />
placement 154; programming<br />
312
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