`An important contribution to the literature on the relationships between media and society. ... Teachers will find that the book provides important source material and literature reviews for their students. This book is a fitting epitaph for the PICT program and it shows what can be done by well managed and large scale social science research projects.' Peter B. White, LaTrobe University

`This is a very useful book for several reasons. it provides a useful window onto research in both Britian and eleswhere on the developing and growing role of ICTs in society. The organisation of its chapters and boxed features make for easy skimming - or in-depth reading of certain sections. While the context of much of the research is British, the lessons it provides and the findings it offers are international in scope.' Christopher H. Sterling. (Publication?).

`This book was quite obviously designed as a practical tool and is structured to allow its readers to easily find their way around a complex subject matter... extremely rich bibliography... very practical index... useful glossary and a multitude of box-type summaries and synthetical tables to give a quick picture of a given phenomenon, contrast various approaches or illustrate a concrete example. Dutton's work will undeniably prove useful to all those seeking a general framework of analysis to apprehend and understand the social upheavals ICTs may bring about. Thanks to its synthetical nature and the diversity and quality of the contributions it unites, Society on the Line should become a refernce work for a great many students as well as specialists in the field who will be able to consult it with interest to help clarify their thoughts on specific points.' Communications and Strategies Issue 37.

Society on the Line presents a new way of thinking about the social and economic implications of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It offers a clear overview of information in the digital age, and explains how social and technical choices about ICTs influence access to information, people, services, and technologies themselves.