The hidden face of the information society: the environmental impact of production, consumption and technological waste

The information society is built upon an important technological ground. Its operation requires an IT infrastructure that has been growing during the last decades. In parallel, climate change looms over the future of the planet as a disturbing threat, which demands a social and political response. T...

• Main Author: Tucho Fernández, Fernando (author)
• Other Authors: Vicente-Mariño, Miguel (author), García de Madariaga Miranda, José María (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: environment; critical perspective; capitalism; IT infrastructure; Comunicación, Medio Ambiente, Tecnología, Sociología; Medio ambiente; perspectiva crítica; capitalismo; infraestructura informática; Medio Ambiente, Información y Comunicación, Tecnología, Sociedad; environment; critical perspective; capitalism; IT infrastructure.
• Online Access: https://revistachasqui.org/index.php/chasqui/article/view/3321