Full Description
Michael Perelman reveals how the efforts of business to profit from the sale of information will result in a reduction rather than an increase in access to information. He demonstrates how the treatment of information as a commodity will cause it to be more regulated and less accessible. In the future, Perelman argues, accessing and affording information will still be a class-based privilege, and the rights of individuals will disintegrate as the power of the corporate sector grows.
Contents
Modern Class Warfare in the Age of the Information Revolution: An Introduction A Preview A Skeptical Reading of the Information Revolution Classes and the Information Revolution Information and the Labor Process The Contradiction of Exploited Informational Labor Panopticism Information as a Commodity Markets and Informational Efficiency Conclusion: Toward a Real Information Age Index
