| Description |
xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-255) and index |
| Subject |
Information policy.
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Information resources management.
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Information society.
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Information technology -- Economic aspects.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Internet.
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Social classes.
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Social stratification.
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Social policy.
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Women -- Effect of technological innovations on.
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| Author |
Loader, Brian, 1958-
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| LC no. |
97039491 |
| ISBN |
0415169682 (hc) |
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0415169690 (paperback) |
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