Abundance : on the experience of living in a world of information plenty / Pablo J. Boczkowski.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197565780.Subject(s): Information society -- Social aspects -- Argentina | Information technology -- Social aspects -- Argentina | Mass media -- Social aspects -- Argentina | Information behavior -- Argentina | Media literacy -- Argentina | Media Studies | Sociology & anthropologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197565742DDC classification: 303.48330982 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Abundance' examines the experience of living in a society that has more information available to the public than ever before. It focuses on the interpretations, emotions, and practices of dealing with this abundance in everyday life. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and survey research conducted in Argentina, the book concludes that the experience of information abundance is tied to an unsettling of society, a reconstitution of how we understand and perform our relationships with others, and a twin depreciation of facts and appreciation of fictions.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Abundance' examines the experience of living in a society that has more information available to the public than ever before. It focuses on the interpretations, emotions, and practices of dealing with this abundance in everyday life. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and survey research conducted in Argentina, the book concludes that the experience of information abundance is tied to an unsettling of society, a reconstitution of how we understand and perform our relationships with others, and a twin depreciation of facts and appreciation of fictions.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 22, 2021).