Four ‘e’pochs: the story of informatization.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2002)
Four ‘e’pochs: the story of informatization. Library Review. 52, 58-64. doi:10.1108/00242530310462125. ISSN 0024-2535
Informatization is a term of Japanese provenance denoting major systemic change resulting from the application of information technology. At the macro (economic and sociologic...
Capital in communities: the case of the Cipher Challenge
Conference Proceeding
Hall, H. (2002)
Capital in communities: the case of the Cipher Challenge. In Virtual communities 2003
Much of the literature on communities of practice is concerned with enhancing collaborative work at the level of a single organisation (for example, Huberman & Hogg, 1994) or ...
Delivering public services through digital television.
Journal Article
Smith, C. & Webster, W. (2002)
Delivering public services through digital television. Public Money and Management. 22, 25-32. doi:10.1111/1467-9302.00326. ISSN 0954-0962
Digital television (DTV) is central to the future electronic delivery of public services in the UK. Central government has been actively promoting the use of DTV in the public...
Informatisation: the four electronic dispensations.
Conference Proceeding
Duff, A. (2002)
Informatisation: the four electronic dispensations
No abstract available.
The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2001)
The status of information society studies in the information science curriculum. Library Review. 51, 139-148. doi:10.1108/00242530210420997. ISSN 0024-2535
Argues for a central role for information society studies in degree programmes. Information society studies is an interdisciplinary specialism devoted to examination of the ma...
The coming of the information society and its policy implications.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2001)
The coming of the information society and its policy implications. Media education journal. 32, 9-14. ISSN 0268-1951
Social democracy and information media policy
Presentation / Conference
Duff, A. (2001, November)
Social democracy and information media policy. Paper presented at School of Information and Media, School of Information and Media, Robert Gordon University
Joho shakai: the Japanese contribution to information society studies.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1999)
Joho shakai: the Japanese contribution to information society studies. Keio communication review. 22, 41-77. ISSN 0388-7596
Daniel Bell’s theory of the information society.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1998)
Daniel Bell’s theory of the information society. Journal of Information Science. 24, 373-393. doi:10.1177/016555159802400601. ISSN 0165-5515
Daniel Bell is recognised to be the foremost writer on the information society. The paper expounds his writings in detail, showing their development from the 1960s to the 1990...
Some post-war models of the information chain
Journal Article
Duff, A. (1997)
Some post-war models of the information chain. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 29(4), 179-187. https://doi.org/10.1177/096100069702900402
Reviews the literature of the information chain, analogous to ecology’s food chain, taking the Royal Society Scientific Information Conference, 1948, as the seminal point. Des...