Netocracy
Subtitle: the new power elite and life after capitalism
By: Alexander Bard & Jan Söderqvist
Contributors: Soderqvist, Jan
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Information society; Digital communications -- Economic aspects; Digital communications -- Social aspects; Internet -- Economic aspects; Internet -- Social aspects
Description: The world will not live without logos, but neither will capitalism silently take over democracy. What comes next? Forget capitalism and the class struggle, we are witnessing the birth of a whole new world. The digital revolution is, in fact, changing things far more dramatically then the hype-mongers of tech Internet ever imagined - only not in the way that they and their investors hoped. The move from a society dominated by print and broadcast mass media to the age of interactivity is at least as dramatic as the move from feudalism to capitalism.After capitalism comes attentionalism. Those who can harness global networks of information and master new forms of communication will control business, finance and legislation, forming the new business and government elites. They will inherit the power; they are the Netocracy.
Notes: Includes index