Measuring the Information Society is a collection of research reports with the principal objective of studying facets of the emerging information society and the process by which new information age concepts enter the traditional environment and are transformed by it. The authors attempt to build models for researchers, giving both orientational materials on ways to study the information society and practical examples of how to integrate such studies into everyday political, economic and cultural life. The volume will be of interest to all researchers involved in measuring change relative to information society concepts as well as social and economic planners.@Q
Table of contents:
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
The Information Society as an Object of Study - Frederick Williams
PART TWO: THE INFORMATION ECONOMY
The Growth of the Information Sector - Heather E Hudson and Louis Leung
The Economy of the New Texas - James Smith
PART THREE: PROMOTING CHANGE
The Technopolis Concept - Raymond W Smilor, George Kozmetsky and David V Gibson
The Coming of MCC - David V Gibson and Everett M Rogers
Urban Telecommunication Investment - Sharon Strover
Science and Technology Policy - Brian Muller
The Bovernor's Science and Technology Council - Larry D Browning
PART FOUR: ATTITUDES TOWARD CHANGE
Modeling Change from Survey Data - James Dyer and Don Haynes
Gauging Public Attitudes Toward Science and Technology - James Dyer, Frederick Williams and Don Haynes
PART FIVE: MEDIA, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND CHANGE
Texas According to The - Frederick Williams and Denise Fynmore
New York Times
Relations of Occupations to Uses of Information Technologies - Stephen D Reese
Predicting Media Uses - Pamela J Shoemaker
Computers in Texas Schools - Nolan Estes and Victoria Williams
Key Issues for Education in the Information Age
Advertising as an Index of Change - Gary B Wilcox and Judith Kaplan
PART SIX: EPILOGUE
Prominent Citizens Look Back on Change - Patricia Witherspoon
Table of contents:
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
The Information Society as an Object of Study - Frederick Williams
PART TWO: THE INFORMATION ECONOMY
The Growth of the Information Sector - Heather E Hudson and Louis Leung
The Economy of the New Texas - James Smith
PART THREE: PROMOTING CHANGE
The Technopolis Concept - Raymond W Smilor, George Kozmetsky and David V Gibson
The Coming of MCC - David V Gibson and Everett M Rogers
Urban Telecommunication Investment - Sharon Strover
Science and Technology Policy - Brian Muller
The Bovernor's Science and Technology Council - Larry D Browning
PART FOUR: ATTITUDES TOWARD CHANGE
Modeling Change from Survey Data - James Dyer and Don Haynes
Gauging Public Attitudes Toward Science and Technology - James Dyer, Frederick Williams and Don Haynes
PART FIVE: MEDIA, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND CHANGE
Texas According to The - Frederick Williams and Denise Fynmore
New York Times
Relations of Occupations to Uses of Information Technologies - Stephen D Reese
Predicting Media Uses - Pamela J Shoemaker
Computers in Texas Schools - Nolan Estes and Victoria Williams
Key Issues for Education in the Information Age
Advertising as an Index of Change - Gary B Wilcox and Judith Kaplan
PART SIX: EPILOGUE
Prominent Citizens Look Back on Change - Patricia Witherspoon