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Technology and in/equality : questioning the information society /

Annotation Technology and In/equalityexplores the diverse implications of the new information and communication technologies through case studies of their applications in three main areas - media, education and training, and work. Questions of access to and control over crucial resources such as inf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wyatt, Sally (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2000.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Critical perspectives on technologies, in/equalities and the information society / Flis Henwood [and others]
  • Access is not the only problem : using and controlling the Internet / Graham Thomas and Sally Wyatt
  • Panaceas and promises of democratic participation : reactions to new channels, from the wireless to the World Wide Web / Rod Allen and Nod Miller
  • Public service broadcasting and new distribution technologies : issues of equality, access and choice in the transactional television environment / Kathy Walker
  • Limited Horizons (inc.) : access, democracy and technology in community television in Canada / Herbert F. Pimlott
  • A tale of two cultures? Gender and inequality in computer education / Flis Henwood, Sarah Plumeridge and Linda Stepulevage
  • Tending to the tamagotchi : rhetoric and reality in the use of new technologies for distance learning / Nod Miller, Helen Kennedy and Linda Leung
  • Social inequality, technology and economic growth / Chris Freeman
  • Inequality, work and technology in the services sector / Gavin Poynter and Alvaro de Miranda
  • A dynamic perspective on technology, economic inequality and development / Peter Senker.