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Author Servon, Lisa J.

Title Bridging the digital divide : technology, community, and public policy / Lisa J. Servon
Published Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2002
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Information Age series
Information Age series.
Contents Redefining the digital divide -- The dimensions of the digital divide -- The role of CTCs within the community technology movement / with Marla K. Nelson -- Support for bridging the gap -- Community technology and youth -- Training disadvantaged workers for IT jobs -- The organizational divide / with Josh Kirschenbaum and Radhika Kunamneni -- Building the bridge: learning from Seattle -- Toward a new agenda
Summary Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist.:.; Examines unequal access to information technology in the United States.; Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to address the digital divide.; Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities.; Makes recommendations for future public policy.; Series editor: Manuel Castells
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-260) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Digital divide -- United States.
Digital divide -- Government policy -- United States.
Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Wiley InterScience (Online service)
ISBN 9780470773529
0470773529
9780470775288 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
0470775289 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)