Inequality.com: Power, Poverty and the Digital Divide - Couverture rigide

Stevens, David; O'Hara, Kieron

 
9781851684502: Inequality.com: Power, Poverty and the Digital Divide
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1851684506 ISBN 13 : 9781851684502
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2006

Synopsis

We can now shop, vote, congregate - some would even argue we can have sex - on an entirely new plane of existence: the Internet. While this new place provides illimitable opportunities, it also raises new concerns. In this revelatory new book, O'Hara and Stevens tackle the thorny issues which crop up in this unprecedented boundaryless, and often unregulated space. Arguing that the lack of Internet access can deprive the poor of services and information that are essential to their status as equal citizens in society, they also discuss uncertainty about future technologies undermines our personal liberty - we can never be sure how the web of information we leave around ourselves will be used in years to come. Bringing together the important social, political and philosophical issues surrounding the Internet, this book will grip the attention of anyone who wishes to understand the broader issues involved everytime they click on their web browser.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kieron O'Hara is Senior Research Fellow in the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia Group (IAM), in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, UK. David Stevens is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851684506
ISBN 13 
9781851684502
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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