| Description |
xvii, 292 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section One: Philosophy And The Digital Divide -- CHAPTER 1: From Information Society to Global Village of Wisdom? The Role of ICT in Realizing Social Justice in the Developing World -- Sirkku Hellsten -- CHAPTER 2: Epistemic Value Theory and the Digital Divide -- Don Fallis -- CHAPTER 3: Justifying Intellectual Property Protection: Why the Interests of Content Creators Usually Win over Everyone Else¿s -- Kenneth Himma -- CHAPTER 4: Universal Information Ethics: Ethical Pluralism and Social Justice -- Charles Ess -- CHAPTER 5: Global Digital Divide, Global Justice, Cultures and Epistemology -- Soraj Hongladarom -- Section Two: Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- CHAPTER 6: Digital Disempowerment -- Kenneth Hacker, Shana Mason and Eric Morgan -- CHAPTER 7: Social Justice and Market Metaphysiscs: A Critical Discussion of Philosophical Approaches to Digital Divides -- Bernd Carsten Stahl -- CHAPTER 8: Discourses in Gender and Technology: Taking a Feminist Gaze -- Sheila French -- CHAPTER 9: Computing Ethics: Intercultural Comparisons -- Darryl Macer -- Section Three: Regional And Country Perspectives -- CHAPTER 10: 500 Million Missing Web Sites: Amartya Sen¿s Capabilities Approach and Measures of Technological Deprivation in Developing Countries -- William Wresch -- CHAPTER 11: Computer Ethics: Constitutive and Consequential Morality -- A. Raghuramaraju -- CHAPTER 12: The Digital Divide in Australia: Is Rural Australia Losing Out? -- Emma Rooksby, John Wechert and Richard Lucas -- CHAPTER 13: The Digital Divide within the Digital Community in Saudi Arabia -- Yeslam Al-Saggaf |
| Summary |
"This book presents conceptual frameworks for understanding and tackling digital divides. It includes information on access and skills, access and motivation, and other levels of access. It presents a detailed analysis of the and value of access to information and communication technologies"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Social justice.
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| Author |
Rooksby, Emma.
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Weckert, John.
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| LC no. |
2006027710 |
| ISBN |
1591409683 |
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1591409691 softcover |
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1591409705 ebook |
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