Information Liberation
by Brian Martin
Publisher: Freedom Press 1998
ISBN/ASIN: 090038493X
ISBN-13: 9780900384936
Number of pages: 180
Description:
Power tends to corrupt, and information power is no exception. Information Liberation analyses the corruptions of power in a range of crucial current areas in the information society, including mass media, intellectual property, surveillance, bureaucracies, defamation and research.
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