Information, Communication, and Society (iCS)

Information, Communication & Society (iCS): an international journal for the Information Age
Edited By Brian D. Loader, University of Teesside, UK and William H. Dutton, University of Southern California, USA

This exciting new journal is unique in its aim to concentrate specifically on the social, economic and cultural impact of the emerging properties of the information age. Information, Communication & Society (iCS) transcends cultural and geographical boundaries as it explores a diverse range of issues relating to the development and application of information and communications technologies (ICTs), asking such questions as:

What are the new and evolving forms of computer- mediated human interaction? What direction will these forms take?
ICTs facilitating globalization; and how might this affect conceptions of local identity, ethnic differences and regional sub-cultures?
Are ICTs leading to an age of electronic surveillance and social control? What are the implications for policing criminal activity, citizen privacy, and public expression?
How are ICTs affecting daily life and social structures such as the family, work and organization, commerce and business, education, health care and leisure activities?
To what extent do the virtual worlds constructed using ICTs impact on the construction of objects, spaces and entities in the material world?

iCS analyses such questions from a global, interdisciplinary perspective in contributions of the very highest quality from scholars and practitioners in the social sciences, gender and cultural studies, communication and media studies, as well as in the information and computer sciences. iCS will also explore the very latest developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, immunology and other areas which are closely related to developments in information technologies, and their implications for social and economic change.

For more information, please visit the journal's web site at http://www.infosoc.co.uk/

A list of the contents of the current issue, including one full-text article and past issues of the journal are available.

You can access subscription information for the journal, or order online.

If you are interested in submitting a paper, information on submitting is available at: http://www.infosoc.co.uk/submit.htm.

The site also includes an extensive list of edited links and information about the editorial board.

"A timely outlet for the rising interest in Information and Communication Technologies. iCS could become the leading journal in its field". - Dorothy Denning, Georgetown University, USA

"Drawing together the most current thought on information communication technologies, iCS is at the core of just about all contemporary social, economic and political thought today. I anticipate an exciting and stimulating read". - Frank Webster, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Information, Communication & Society: an international journal for the Information Age

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