[Air-l] Paper: Critical Information Studies

[Bram Dov Abramson]

air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org (15:03, 21.3.2006):
>A copy of the paper is available at the link, too.........rf
>http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/002930.html
>
>AFTERWORD: CRITICAL INFORMATION STUDIES
>A bibliographic manifesto
>
>Siva Vaidhyanathan
>
>This paper takes measure of an emerging scholarly field that
>sits at the intersection of many important areas of study.
>Critical Information Studies (CIS) considers the ways in which
>culture and information are regulated by their relationship to
>commerce, creativity, and other human affairs. CIS

You know, this recalls the ongoing debate around WSIS re: an
"information society" or, as many activists argue, a "communication
society":
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/65050
http://gaz.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/66/3-4/203
etc.

And, for that matter, "Critical Communication Studies" (CCS), a term
which features its own histories and communities:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22critical+communication+studies%22

cheers
Bram