The Deepening Divide
Subtitle: Inequality in the Information Society
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: February 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781412904032
Subjects: Impact of science & technology on society; Language Arts & Disciplines; Information Technology; Computers - General Information; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; Equality; Communication; Information society
First sentence: At the end of the 1990s, the issue of the so-called digital divide was suddenly put on the agenda of public, political, and scholarly debate, starting in the United States and spreading to Europe and the rest of the world.
Description: "The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society explains why the digital divide is still widening and in advanced high-tech societies, deepening. Taken from an international perspective, the book offers full coverage of the literature and research on this topic and a theoretical framework from which to analyze and approach the issue."--BOOK JACKET.