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Global productions : labor in the making of the information society / edited by Gerald Sussman and John A. Lent.

Contributor(s): Sussman, Gerald | Lent, John A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Hampton Press communication seriesInternational communication.Publisher: Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, c1998Description: xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1572731710 (hbk); 1572731729 (pbk).Subject(s): High technology industries -- EmployeesDDC classification: 331.11
Contents:
Global productions / Gerald Sussman and John A. Lent -- Political economy, communication and labor / Vincent Mosco -- Information networks: the global offshore labor force / Mark I. Wilson -- The carribbean data processors / Ewart C. Skinner -- New chips in old skins: work and labor in Silicon Valley / Lenny Siegel -- Electronics, communications and labor: the Malaysia connection / Gerald Sussman -- Regional subcontracting and labor: Information/communication technology production in Hong Kong and Shenzhen / Lai Si Tsui-Auch -- Challenges to Hollywood's labor force in the 1990s / Janet Wasko -- Beyond the last Bastion: Industrial restructuring and the labor force in the British television industry / James Cornford and Kevin Robins -- Hollywood North: Film and TV production in Canada / Manjunath Pendakur -- The animation industry and its offshore factories / John A. Lent -- Restructuring global telecommunications: the telephone workers' response in British Columbia / Sid Shniad and Charley Richardson -- Trade union telematics for international collective bargaining / Dave Spooner.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 331.11 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00075454
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This volume discusses the Information Society from the perspective of the work forces it employs. The book focuses on the changes occurring at the sites of production of communication and information commodities in both industrial and less developed countries.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Global productions / Gerald Sussman and John A. Lent -- Political economy, communication and labor / Vincent Mosco -- Information networks: the global offshore labor force / Mark I. Wilson -- The carribbean data processors / Ewart C. Skinner -- New chips in old skins: work and labor in Silicon Valley / Lenny Siegel -- Electronics, communications and labor: the Malaysia connection / Gerald Sussman -- Regional subcontracting and labor: Information/communication technology production in Hong Kong and Shenzhen / Lai Si Tsui-Auch -- Challenges to Hollywood's labor force in the 1990s / Janet Wasko -- Beyond the last Bastion: Industrial restructuring and the labor force in the British television industry / James Cornford and Kevin Robins -- Hollywood North: Film and TV production in Canada / Manjunath Pendakur -- The animation industry and its offshore factories / John A. Lent -- Restructuring global telecommunications: the telephone workers' response in British Columbia / Sid Shniad and Charley Richardson -- Trade union telematics for international collective bargaining / Dave Spooner.

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