Technology and in/equality : questioning the information society / edited by Sally Wyatt [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.

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Annotation Technology and In/equalityexplores the diverse implications of the new information and communication technologies through case studies of their applications in three main areas - media, education and training, and work. Questions of access to and control over crucial resources such as information, knowledge, skills and income ae addressed drawing upon insights from science and technology studies, innovation theory, sociology and cultural studies. All of the chapters question the meanings of the terms 'technology' and 'inequality' and of the widespread association of technology with progress. Written with a non-specialist readership in mind, all complex theories and key concepts are carefully explained making the book easily accessible and relevant to a wide range of courses.

Critical perspectives on technologies, in/equalities and the information society / Flis Henwood [and others] -- Access is not the only problem : using and controlling the Internet / Graham Thomas and Sally Wyatt -- Panaceas and promises of democratic participation : reactions to new channels, from the wireless to the World Wide Web / Rod Allen and Nod Miller -- Public service broadcasting and new distribution technologies : issues of equality, access and choice in the transactional television environment / Kathy Walker -- Limited Horizons (inc.) : access, democracy and technology in community television in Canada / Herbert F. Pimlott -- A tale of two cultures? Gender and inequality in computer education / Flis Henwood, Sarah Plumeridge and Linda Stepulevage -- Tending to the tamagotchi : rhetoric and reality in the use of new technologies for distance learning / Nod Miller, Helen Kennedy and Linda Leung -- Social inequality, technology and economic growth / Chris Freeman -- Inequality, work and technology in the services sector / Gavin Poynter and Alvaro de Miranda -- A dynamic perspective on technology, economic inequality and development / Peter Senker.

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