Cyberspace divide : equality, agency, and policy in the information society

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Author:

Loader, Brian, 1958-

ISBN:

9780415169691

9780415169684

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Physical Description:

xvi, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. Cyberspace divide: equality, agency and policy in the information society / Brian D. Loader -- 2. Global networks and the myth of equality: trickle down or trickle away? / Trevor Haywood -- 3. Who are the world's information-poor? / Mike Holderness -- 4. The 'crisis' in the urban public realm / Alessandro Aurigi and Stephen Graham -- 5. Gender, agency, location and the new information society / Alison Adam and Eileen Green -- 6. Ethics @ the Internet: bilateral procedures in electronic communication / Duncan Langford -- 7. The Internet, virtual reality and real reality / Joe Ravetz -- 8. Why even scholars don't get a free lunch in cyberspace: my adventures with a tunnelvisionary / Steve Fuller -- 9. Confucius or capitalism? policies for an information society / Nick Moore -- 10. Information and citizenship in Europe / Jane Steele -- 11. Managing the cyberspace divide: government investment in electronic information services / Puay Tang.

12. Connecting Wales: the Internet and national identity / Hugh Mackay and Tony Powell -- 13. The Internet, other 'nets' and healthcare / Justin Keen, Brian Ferguson and James Mason.

Subject Term:

Information society.

Information technology -- Social aspects.

Information technology -- Economic aspects.

Information policy.

Information resources management.

Women -- Effect of technological innovations on.

Social classes.

Social policy.

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Loader, Brian, 1958-

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The dramatic advances in computer and telecommunications technologies such as the Internet, virtual reality, smart cards or multimedia applications are increasingly regarded as ushering in a new form of society: the information society. Politicians, policy makers and business gurus are all encouraging us to join the information superhighway at the nearest junction or risk being excluded from the social and economic benefits of the information revolution. Cyberspace Divide critically considers the complex relationship between technological change, its effect upon social divisions, its consequences for social action and the emerging strategies for social inclusion in the Information Age. Cyberspace Divide will be invaluable reading for those studying social policy, sociology, computing and communication studies.