Cyberspace Divide: Equality, Agency and Policy in the Information Society

by Loader; Brian D.

• ISBN13: 9780415169691
• ISBN10: 0415169690
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-05-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 Dividecritically considers the complex relationship between technological change, its effect upon social divisions, its consequences for social action an the emerging strategies for social inclusion in the Information Age. The contributors cover such themes as human interaction, ethical behavior, and the growing disparity between the information rich and the information poor.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xv
Cyberspace Divide	p. 3
Notes	p. 16
Divisions, Difference and Social Exclusion	p. 17
Global Networks and the Myth of Equality	p. 19
Who Are the World's Information-Poor?	p. 35
The 'crisis' in the Urban Public Realm	p. 57
Identity, Autonomy and Social Interaction	p. 81
Gender, Agency, Location and the New Information Society	p. 83
	p. 98
The Internet, Virtual Reality and Real Reality	p. 113
Why Even Scholars Don't Get a Free Lunch in Cyberspace	p. 123
Strategies for Social Inclusion	p. 147
Confucius or Capitalism?	p. 149
Information and Citizenship in Europe	p. 161
Managing the Cyberspace Divide	p. 183
Connecting Wales	p. 203
The Internet, Other 'nets' and Healthcare	p. 217
Glossary	p. 236
Bibliography	p. 242
Index	p. 256
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