Introduction: Consumption in an age of information / Sande Cohen and R.L. Rutsky -- The murder of the sign / Jean Baudrillard -- Future advertising : Dick's Ubik and the digital ad / Mark Poster -- Spending time / Thomas Lutz -- Information wants to be consumed / R.L. Rutsky -- Consumer discipline and the work of audiencing / Sean Cubitt -- Sado-monetarism or Saint Fond-Saint Ford / James Wiltgen -- Closing the net : "capitalism as religion" / Sam Weber -- Disparity, information, and consumption--hello to an agonistics of the future / Sande Cohen.
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Consumption is so dominant it allows little room for alternatives. Bringing together the leading theorists and critics, the essays range across high theory and popular culture - from informational flows to science fiction simulations, from pop-cultural consumption to capitalism as religion, and to the role of 'speed' in contemporary culture.
Consumption in an age of information.
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects.
Information society-- Economic aspects.
Information technology-- Economic aspects.
Consumer behavior.
Consumptie.
Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects.
Filosofische aspecten.
Informatie.
Informatiemaatschappij.
Information society-- Economic aspects.
Information technology-- Economic aspects.
Informationsgesellschaft
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.