[Air-L] Textbook on the information society theory

[joo-seong Hwang]

Hi~,

I will open an graduate course on "Network and Society".
Through this course I would like to discuss about information society from
those treaditional scholars as Baniel Bell and Fritz Matchl upto the latest
ones who argued for information capitalism and congnitive capitalism. I
will  also introduce those scholars who give us deeper understanding as
Manuel Castells, Jan van Dijk, and Frank Webster.

I wonder if there is some textbook which can be usesd as a reference book
in this class. I am looking for the one that can serve us with more
balanced guideline between critical and positive approaches.

Many thanks in advance.

James

*Joo Seong Hwang, Ph. D., Associate Professor
*Graduate School of Public Policy and Information Technology
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Changjo-Hall(Bd.No. 8), 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, 139-743, Seoul, KOREA
(Office) 82-2-970-6868, (Fax) 82-2-970-6868, (MP) 82-10-3777-4450
jshwang at seoultech.ac.kr, *
http://english.seoultech.ac.kr/academics/progradu/policytech/*<http://english.seoultech.ac.kr/academics/progradu/policytech/>