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Inequality.com: Power, Poverty and the Digital Divide

By David Stevens , Kieron O’Hara

Book information

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Year
2006
ISBN
1851684506, 9781851684502
Open Library ID
OL17205974M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1413717 bytes)
Pages
300\358
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this revelatory new book, prominent academics O'Hara and Stevens tackle all the thorny issues which crop up when you realise that the internet is just another practically unregulated space in which actions take place. Whereas suppliers of goods, services and information often have to ensure availability to all in the real world and are subject to strict rules, in the virtual sphere such conventions rarely exist. On this note, the authors inspect how the lack of internet access to the poor can deprive them of services and information that are essential to their status as equal citizens in society. Likewise, they discuss how uncertainty about future technologies undermines our personal liberty - we can never be sure how the trail of information we leave about ourselves will be used in years to come.

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