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Synopsis
The age of information, note editors Rutsky (San Francisco State U.) and Cohen (California Institute for the Arts), has undermined Marxist, neo-liberal, neo-conservative, and other interpretations of consumption, including definitions of consumption as a matter of material accumulation or as a passive counterpart to the activity of consumption. In presenting these eight essays, they hope to place consideration of what constitution in the context of recent work in media and information studies. The material opens with an interview with Jean Baudrillard on his analysis of consumption. This interview is followed by essays focusing on the themes of redefining consumption and its networked relations with culture, and the impact on society and culture of the consumption of information. Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR