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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463539303321

Titolo

Inequity in the technopolis [[electronic resource] ] : race, class, gender, and the digital divide in Austin / / edited by Joseph Straubhaar ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2012

ISBN

0-292-73710-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StraubhaarJoseph D

Disciplina

303.48330976

Soggetti

Digital divide - Texas - Austin

Information technology - Government policy - Texas - Austin

Information technology - Social aspects - Texas - Austin

Electronic books.

Austin (Tex.) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Digital Inequity in the Austin Technopolis: An Introduction""; ""2. Structuring Race in the Cultural Geography of Austin""; ""3. A History of High Tech and the Technopolis in Austin""; ""4. Past and Future Divides: Social Mobility, Inequality, and the Digital Divide in Austin during the Tech Boom""; ""5. The Digital Divide: The National Debate and Federal- and State-Level Programs""; ""6. Crossing the Digital Divide: Local Initiatives in Austin""; ""7. Structuring Access: The Role of Austin Public Access Centers in Digital Inclusion""

""8. Bridging the Broadband Gap or Recreating Digital Inequalities? The Social Shaping of Public Wi-Fi in Austin""""9. Communities, Cultural Capital, and Digital Inclusion: Ten Years of Tracking Techno-Dispositions and Techno-Capital""; ""10. Conclusion""; ""Contributors""; ""index""