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Trading on‐line: Information flows in advanced capitalism

Schoonmaker, Sara·1993·The Information Society
DOI 10.1080/01972243.1993.9960130
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A range of social theorists have argued that technological changes in microelectronics have given rise to a new kind of post industrial or information society. This article analyzes the role of international flows of computerized information in the global economy as a way to evaluate debates about the nature of contemporary society. Two kinds of flows that offer distinct advantages to transnational corporations as their major users are identified. Corporate flows between branches of the same firm facilitate existing business activities. Commercial flows sold from one firm to another comprise a new form of trade in digital commodities, produced and exchanged according to the logic of the market. Rather than introducing a qualitatively different type of information society, microelectronics technologies have made it possible to extend the process of commodification into digital forms of production and exchange.

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Authors
Schoonmaker, S.
Affiliations
Colgate University (US)
Corresponding author
Schoonmaker, Sara
Venue
The Information Society
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1993-01
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
39-49
ISSN
  • 0197-2243 (ISSN-L)
  • 1087-6537
DOI
10.1080/01972243.1993.9960130
OpenAlex
W2026520492
Cited by
4
References
0
Citations by year
2018: 1
FWCI
0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
The Information Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Information Society and Technology Trends
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Cultural Studies and Postmodernism
Keywords
information society, information flow, commodification, microelectronics, multinational corporations, global economy, digital trade, post-industrial society

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