Measuring the information society

The author discusses how the growth of the information sector and change in the information age have changed the way that people think and act about the world around them.

Abstract

PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES The Information Society as an Object of Study - Frederick Williams PART TWO: THE INFORMATION ECONOMY The Growth of the Information Sector - Heather E Hudson and Louis Leung The Economy of the New Texas - James Smith PART THREE: PROMOTING CHANGE The Technopolis Concept - Raymond W Smilor, George Kozmetsky and David V Gibson The Coming of MCC - David V Gibson and Everett M Rogers Urban Telecommunication Investment - Sharon Strover Science and Technology Policy - Brian Muller The Bovernor's Science and Technology Council - Larry D Browning PART FOUR: ATTITUDES TOWARD CHANGE Modeling Change from Survey Data - James Dyer and Don Haynes Gauging Public Attitudes Toward Science and Technology - James Dyer, Frederick Williams and Don Haynes PART FIVE: MEDIA, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND CHANGE Texas According to The - Frederick Williams and Denise Fynmore New York Times Relations of Occupations to Uses of Information Technologies - Stephen D Reese Predicting Media Uses - Pamela J Shoemaker Computers in Texas Schools - Nolan Estes and Victoria Williams Key Issues for Education in the Information Age Advertising as an Index of Change - Gary B Wilcox and Judith Kaplan PART SIX: EPILOGUE Prominent Citizens Look Back on Change - Patricia Witherspoon