| Description |
xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. "Beepless in America" : the social impact of the Galaxy IV pager blackout / William H. Dutton ... [et al.] -- Trade unions and access to the internet / Joe Holly / Gary Herman -- "Getting our hands on it" : gendered inequality in access to information and communications technologies / Gill Kirkup. 2. Knowledge. The postmodern university? : the loss of purpose in British universities / Frank Webster -- Brickies or bricoleurs? : gender in computing and design courses / Deborah Trayhurn -- Information, education and inequality : is new technology the solution? / Stephen Lax -- The process of change : an empirical examination of the uptake and impact of technology / David E. Morrison / Michael Svennevig -- The value of the ephemeral : assessing news output about Yugoslavia (1998-1999) / Michael Palmer. 3. Power. "Smell the tulips" : the internet, neo-liberalism and millenarian hype / Brian Winston -- Selling off cyberspace / Granville Williams -- From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys : market imperfection and the enduring digital divide / Anthony Wilhelm -- From an answer to a question : globalization in the information age / Robin Brown |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Electronic version is available via EBSCOHost ebooks |
| Subject |
Communication, International.
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Information society.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Internet access for library users.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Lax, Stephen.
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EbscoHost ebooks
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| LC no. |
00055679 |
| ISBN |
0333920198 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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