Social Engineering in the Information Age
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2004)
Social Engineering in the Information Age. Information Society, 21(1), 67-71. doi:10.1080/01972240590895937
This article explores the relevance of social engineering for the
postindustrial epoch. The concept of social engineering has been
dormant in recent years, stained by the beha...
Ethical messages: R. H. Tawney confronts the information age.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2003)
Ethical messages: R. H. Tawney confronts the information age. Ethical space. 1, 17-20. ISSN 1742-0105
Four ‘e’pochs: the story of informatization.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2002)
Four ‘e’pochs: the story of informatization. Library Review. 52, 58-64. doi:10.1108/00242530310462125. ISSN 0024-2535
Informatization is a term of Japanese provenance denoting major systemic change resulting from the application of information technology. At the macro (economic and sociologic...
The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2001)
The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum. Library Review. 51, 139-148. doi:10.1108/00242530210420997. ISSN 0024-2535
Argues for a central role for information society studies in degree programmes. Information society studies is an interdisciplinary specialism devoted to examination of the ma...
The coming of the information society and its policy implications.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2001)
The coming of the information society and its policy implications. Media education journal. 32, 9-14. ISSN 0268-1951
Joho shakai: the Japanese contribution to information society studies.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1999)
Joho shakai: the Japanese contribution to information society studies. Keio communication review. 22, 41-77. ISSN 0388-7596
Daniel Bell’s theory of the information society.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1998)
Daniel Bell’s theory of the information society. Journal of Information Science. 24, 373-393. doi:10.1177/016555159802400601. ISSN 0165-5515
Daniel Bell is recognised to be the foremost writer on the information society. The paper expounds his writings in detail, showing their development from the 1960s to the 1990...
Some post-war models of the information chain
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1997)
Some post-war models of the information chain. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 29(4), 179-187. https://doi.org/10.1177/096100069702900402
Reviews the literature of the information chain, analogous to ecology’s food chain, taking the Royal Society Scientific Information Conference, 1948, as the seminal point. Des...
Information gaps: social justice in the information society.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1997)
Information gaps: social justice in the information society. International journal information theories & applications. 5, 134-142. ISSN 1310-0513
A note on the origins of the 'information society'
Journal Article
Duff, A., Criag, D., & McNeill, D. A. (1996)
A note on the origins of the 'information society'. Journal of Information Science, 22(2), 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159602200204
The origins of the 'information society' are not well under stood. This paper assembles and evaluates the available data with a view to providing clarification of the provenan...