Understanding the Information Age: The Uneasy Relations between Sociology and Cultural Studies in Britain

Frank Webster

《Concentric： Literary and Cultural Studies》 31卷1期 (2005/01) Pp. 27-46

https://doi.org/10.6240/concentric.lit.200501_31(1).0003

並列摘要

In the United Kingdom there has been a discernable shift away from interest in the Information Society towards concern with the character of Cyberspace and Virtuality. In key ways this reorientation reflects the rise of Cultural Studies and its impatience with aspects of Sociology. This article explores aspects of the relations between these two subject areas and difficulties in understanding and explaining contemporary change. It is suggested that Cultural Studies has outpaced Sociology in its response to recent changes.

並列關鍵字

Information Society ； Cultural Studies ； Sociology ； virtuality ； cyberspace ； technological determinism

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