{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2133946502","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159802400106","title":"The Information Age - for better or for worse","display_name":"The Information Age - for better or for worse","publication_year":1998,"publication_date":"1998-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2133946502","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159802400106","mag":"2133946502"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/016555159802400106","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159802400106","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S68913162","display_name":"Journal of Information Science","issn_l":"0165-5515","issn":["0165-5515","1741-6485"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069688364","display_name":"Tony Cawkell","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Tony Cawkell","raw_affiliation_strings":["CITECH, Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"CITECH, Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5069688364"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.5745,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92361598,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"24","issue":"1","first_page":"56","last_page":"58"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12289","display_name":"Library Science and Administration","score":0.1120000034570694,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12289","display_name":"Library Science and Administration","score":0.1120000034570694,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-age","display_name":"Information Age","score":0.5603083372116089},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sovereignty","display_name":"Sovereignty","score":0.4170264005661011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/history","display_name":"History","score":0.3908853828907013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.34596362709999084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/library-science","display_name":"Library science","score":0.3203147053718567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.23830914497375488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/politics","display_name":"Politics","score":0.16442275047302246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/law","display_name":"Law","score":0.12786558270454407}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91093795","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956129","display_name":"Information Age","level":2,"score":0.5603083372116089},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186229450","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42008","display_name":"Sovereignty","level":3,"score":0.4170264005661011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.3908853828907013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.34596362709999084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161191863","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199655","display_name":"Library science","level":1,"score":0.3203147053718567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.23830914497375488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.16442275047302246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.12786558270454407}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/016555159802400106","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159802400106","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S68913162","display_name":"Journal of Information Science","issn_l":"0165-5515","issn":["0165-5515","1741-6485"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"No poverty","score":0.7400000095367432,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/1"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":3,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1541795034","https://openalex.org/W1999085697","https://openalex.org/W2031580430"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2386120673","https://openalex.org/W3161231360","https://openalex.org/W3084369711","https://openalex.org/W3121858519","https://openalex.org/W2368050189","https://openalex.org/W2600324592","https://openalex.org/W3084334546","https://openalex.org/W2387385825"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"\u2018information-poor\u2019":[1],"are":[2],"doubtless":[3],"with":[4],"us":[5],"already,":[6],"but":[7,46],"the":[8,16,30],"arrival":[9],"of":[10],"a":[11,23],"much":[12],"greater":[13],"gap":[14],"between":[15],"informationpoor":[17],"and":[18],"information-rich":[19],"is":[20],"forecast":[21],"in":[22,33],"recently":[24],"published":[25],"book,":[26],"Sovereign":[27],"Individual.":[28],"If":[29],"events":[31],"fore-cast":[32],"this":[34],"book":[35],"come":[36],"about,":[37],"we":[38],"will":[39],"not":[40],"live":[41],"within":[42,47],"an":[43,48],"information":[44],"society":[45],"unacceptable":[49],"society.":[50]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}