Castells versus Bell: A comparison of two grand theorists of the information age
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (in press)
Castells versus Bell: A comparison of two grand theorists of the information age. European Journal of Social Theory, https://doi.org/10.1177/13684310221099695
Daniel Bell (1919–2011) and Manuel Castells (1942–) are the grand theorists of the information age. The article provides a detailed, up-to-date, comparative analysis of their ...
Privacy Fundamentalism: An Essay on Social Responsibility
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2020)
Privacy Fundamentalism: An Essay on Social Responsibility. Journal of Information Ethics, 29(1), 13-29
No abstract available.
Computopia Revisited: Yoneji Masuda’s Realistic Utopianism
Journal Article
Duff, A., & Ito, Y. (2020)
Computopia Revisited: Yoneji Masuda’s Realistic Utopianism. Keio communication review, 42(3), 53-74
Utopianism has always had a bad press. The whole genre, not least classics such as Thomas More’s Utopia (More, 1516), Robert Owen’s New View of Society (Owen, 1813), and Willi...
On Political Epunditry
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2018)
On Political Epunditry. Journalism Studies, 19(10), 1507-1525. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2017.1279981
The article develops the concept of ePunditry, a putative new lens through which to view the work of political blogging and associated digital modes. It starts by describing t...
Pundit for post-industrial times? Walter Lippmann as an information society theorist.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2013)
Pundit for post-industrial times? Walter Lippmann as an information society theorist. Information, Communication and Society, 16, 967-988. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2012.755209
Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) was perhaps the most prominent pundit of the late-industrial era. His place in the annals of journalism is secure, but his legacy should not stop t...
The normative crisis of the information society.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2008)
The normative crisis of the information society. Cyberpsychology, 2,
The information society thesis, as a set of sociological propositions pertaining to a range of advanced nations, is now widely accepted. Attention, therefore, should increasin...
Powers in the Land?
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2008)
Powers in the Land?. Journalism Practice, 2, 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512780801999386
The expansion of opinion is one of the key developments in the British press, as elsewhere. The article analyses the role of one of the most important types of commentator, ne...
Neo-Rawlsian Co-ordinates: Notes on A Theory of Justice for the Information Age.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2006)
Neo-Rawlsian Co-ordinates: Notes on A Theory of Justice for the Information Age. International journal of information ethics. 6, 17-22. ISSN 1614-1687
The ideas of philosopher John Rawls should be appropriated for the information age. A literature review
identifies previous contributions in fields such as communication and l...
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...