| Description |
240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. A framework for understanding the digital divide -- 3. Motivational access -- 4. Material access -- 5. Skills access -- 6. Usage access -- 7. Inequality in the information society -- 8. Inequality in the network society -- 9. The stakes : participation or exclusion -- 10. Policy perspectives |
| Summary |
"The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society explains why the digital divide is still widening and in advanced high-tech societies, deepening. Taken from an international perspective, the book offers full coverage of the literature and research on this topic and a theoretical framework from which to analyze and approach the issue."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index |
| Subject |
Information society.
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Equality.
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| LC no. |
2004022909 |
| ISBN |
141290403X paperback alkaline paper |
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1412904021 cloth alkaline paper |
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