| Description |
xii, 215 pages ; 23 cm |
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Digital formations, 1526-3169 ; vol. 87 |
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Digital formations ; v. 87
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: ch. Nine Invisible Medium, Virtual Commodity: Changing Perspectives on the Radio Spectrum: From Public Good to Private Gain? / Peter Senker -- ch. Ten Secondary Schools Under Surveillance: Young People 'As' Risk in the UK An Exploration of the Neoliberal Shift from Compassion to Repression / Kathy Walker -- ch. Eleven Reclaiming the Media: Technology, Tactics and Subversion / Charlotte Chadderton -- ch. Twelve Conclusions: New Horizons and Contested Futures / Maxine Newlands |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction: Contested Futures: Technology, Inequality and Progress -- ch. Two Technology and the Individualization of Consumption: The Development of Personal Computing / Peter Senker / Kathy Walker / Erika Cudworth -- ch. Three The ICT Value Chain: Perpetuating Inequalities / Alvaro de Miranda -- ch. Four Climate Change, Industrial Animal Agriculture and Complex Inequalities: Developments in the Politics of Food Insecurity / Richard Sharpe -- ch. Five The Cultural Implications of the Consumption of ICTs for Development / Erika Cudworth -- ch. Six Health Care Systems, Technology and Inequality / Miriam Mukasa -- ch. Seven Elearning or E(l)earning: Contemporary Developments in the Commodification and Consumption of Education / Peter Senker -- ch. Eight Arable Agriculture, Food, Technology Choice and Inequality / Allyson Malatesta -- |
| Summary |
This book suggests that the primary purpose of current production and distribution of products and services from the global capitalist system is not to satisfy human needs but to create profit for the owners of capital, which in turn has devastating consequences for the environment and for vulnerable people in both developed and developing countries. The wider dynamics of capitalist systems of production/consumption and inequality are also explored in relation to economic and socio/cultural perspectives. With this in mind, the essays address three key themes: relations between technologies, inequalities, and exploitation; issues surrounding technologies and development; and the nature of technologies and their associated opportunities for the future. -- Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Digital divide.
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Equality.
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Information technology -- Economic aspects.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Cudworth, Erika, 1966-
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Senker, Peter.
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Walker, Kathy
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| LC no. |
2013003323 |
| ISBN |
9781433119705 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781433119712 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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(ebook) |
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