Disorder and the Disinformation Society: The Social Dynamics of Information, Networks and Software

by Didar Zowghi, Jonathan Marshall, James Goodman, et al.

Book Overview

This book is the first general social analysis that seriously considers the daily experience of information disruption and software failure within contemporary Western society. Through an investigation of informationalism, defined as a contemporary form of capitalism, it describes the social processes producing informational disorder. While most social theory sees disorder as secondary, pathological or uninteresting, this book takes disordering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367599341
• ISBN13: 9780367599348
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"