LEADER 04407oam 2200853I 450 001 9910172226103321 005 20210106195119.0 010 $a1-134-58201-3 010 $a1-134-58202-1 010 $a1-280-40137-0 010 $a0-203-13450-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203134504 035 $a(CKB)1000000000007853 035 $a(EBL)168491 035 $a(OCoLC)437077387 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000311151 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205879 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311151 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10315623 035 $a(PQKB)10143759 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204633 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228419 035 $a(PQKB)11094899 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC168491 035 $a(OCoLC)49569869 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000007853 100 $a20180331d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTechnology and in/equality $equestioning the information society /$fedited by Sally Wyatt. [et al.] 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-23023-3 311 $a0-415-23022-5 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Critical perspectives on technologies, in/equalities and the information society FLIS HENWOOD, SALLY WYATT, NOD MILLER AND PETER SENKER; Promises and threats: access and control in media technologies; 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 327 $aPublic service broadcasting and new distribution technologies: issues of equality, access and choice in the transactional television environment KATHY WALKERLimited Horizons (inc.): access, democracy and technology in community television in Canada HERBERT F. PIMLOTT; Exclusion, inclusion and segregation: new technology and skill in education; A tale of two cultures? Gender and inequality in computer education FLIS HENWOOD, SARAH PLUMERIDGE AND LINDA STEPULEVAGE 327 $aTending to the tamagotchi: rhetoric and reality in the use of new technologies for distance learning NOD MILLER, HELEN KENNEDY AND LINDA LEUNGTechnology, inequality and economic development; 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; Bibliography; Index 330 $aTechnology and In/equality explores 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 606 $aEquality 606 $aEquality 606 $aInformation society 606 $aInformation society 606 $aInformation technology 606 $aInformation technology 606 $aSocial Change$2HILCC 606 $aSociology & Social History$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEquality. 615 4$aEquality. 615 4$aInformation society. 615 4$aInformation society. 615 4$aInformation technology. 615 4$aInformation technology. 615 7$aSocial Change 615 7$aSociology & Social History 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a301 676 $a303.48/33 676 $a303.4833 701 $aWyatt$b Sally$0125602 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910172226103321 996 $aTechnology and in$91911524 997 $aUNINA