id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15494 Hu, Chengren West, Cynthia K. Techno-Human Mesh: The Growing Power of Information Technologies. Westport, Conn.: Quorum, 2001. 240p. $62.50, alk. paper (ISBN 1567204090). LC 00-037295. 2001-11-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 855 47 53 The digerati is divided into three classes: first are the A-list digerati consisting of the ex­ ecutive management of IT companies, venture capitalists, and majority stock­ holders who fund the companies; second are the academic researchers and devel­ opers, engineers, and programmers who have special IT knowledge to design, pro­ duce, and develop IT; and third are the vice presidents, directors, and senior sales and marketing personnel who require enough IT knowledge to market and sell products. By examining the inter­ section of IT, power, people, and bodies, West demonstrates how new modes of surveillance and control in society and over human bodies are created by IT as it becomes more efficient, productive, and profitable. cache/crl-15494.pdf txt/crl-15494.txt