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Author Mossberger, Karen.

Title Digital cities : the Internet and the geography of opportunity / Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and William Franko
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
Oxford studies in digital politics.
Contents Cities and a digital society -- The need for urban broadband policy -- Place and inequality : urban, suburban, and rural America -- Mobile access and the less-connected -- Ranking digital cities and suburbs -- Mapping opportunity in Chicago neighborhoods -- The geography of barriers to broadband adoption -- Barriers to adoption in Chicago neighborhoods -- From neighborhoods to Washington : policy solutions
Summary Federal broadband policy has largely ignored urban areas, where most Americans live. Using an original and unprecedented multi-level analysis of access and use in low-income neighbourhoods, 'Digital Cities' tells the story of information technology use and inequality in American cities and metropolitan areas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on Jan. 7, 2013)
Subject Internet -- Government policy -- Illinois -- Chicago
Computer networks -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago
Digital divide -- Illinois -- Chicago
Internet -- Government policy -- United States
Computer networks -- Social aspects -- United States
Digital divide -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
Computer networks -- Social aspects
Digital divide
Internet -- Government policy
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Telecommunications.
Illinois -- Chicago
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Tolbert, Caroline J.
Franko, William W.
LC no. 2012010284
ISBN 9780199979769
0199979766
9780199986651
0199986657
9780199812943
0199812942