The Rawls-Tawney theorem and the political economy of cyberspace.
Presentation / Conference
Duff, A. (2009, January)
The Rawls-Tawney theorem and the political economy of cyberspace. Paper presented at Cyberspace 2009, 7th Annual Conference, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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...
Information.
Book
Duff, A. (2014)
Information. In The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, 1833-1835. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118474396.wbept0511
It is safe to say that information has not hitherto been a central concept of political philosophy. Apart from occasional flashes – from ancient Greek speculations on the poli...
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...
Rethinking the digital divide: from philanthropy to isonomia..
Conference Proceeding
Duff, A. (2009)
Rethinking the digital divide: from philanthropy to isonomia.. ISBN 9789606746055
The digital divide has been, at least until very recently, a major theme in policy as well as interdisciplinary academic circles across the world, as well as at a collective g...
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...
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...
The Rawls-Tawney theorem and the digital divide in postindustrial society
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2011)
The Rawls-Tawney theorem and the digital divide in postindustrial society. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62, 604-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.21470
The digital divide continues to challenge political and academic circles worldwide. A range of policy solutions is briefly evaluated, from laissez-faire on the right to “arith...
Documentation and utopia: Fabian anticipations of the information society.
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2008)
Documentation and utopia: Fabian anticipations of the information society. In W. B. Rayward (Ed.), European Modernism and the Information Society (185-199). Ashgate Publishing
The Past, Present, and Future of Information Policy: Towards a normative theory of the information society
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2004)
The Past, Present, and Future of Information Policy: Towards a normative theory of the information society. Information, Communication and Society, 7(1), 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118042000208906
The profile of information policy in academic and policy-making circles has been rising in recent decades, a function, presumably, of the expansion of an 'information society'...