International exploration of technology equity and the digital divide critical, historical and social perspectives
"This book explores and presents research that centers on the historical, political, sociological, and economic factors that engender global inequities"--Provided by publisher
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Hershey, PA
Information Science Reference
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Caste, class, and it in India / Elizabeth Langran
- India's Dalits search for a democratic opening in the digital divide / P. Thirumal, Gary Michael Tartaw
- Exploring the notion of "technology as public good" : emerging characteristics and trends of the digital divide in East Asian education / Sunnie Lee Watson, Thalia Mulvihill
- Creating virtual marae : an examination of how digital technologies have been adopted by maori in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Janinka Greenwood, Lynne Harara Te Aika, Niki Davis
- From igloos to iPods : Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and the internet in Canada / Cynthia J. Alexander
- The digital abyss in Zimbabwe / Jill Jameson
- Paulo freire's liberatory pedagogy : rethinking issues of technology access and use in education / James C. McShay
- Digital equity and black Brazilians : honoring history and culture / Patricia Randolph Leigh
- Digital equity in a traditional culture : Gullah communities in South Carolina / Patricia Randolph Leigh, J. Herman Blake, Emily L. Moore
- Governing digital divides : power structures and ict strategies in a global perspective / Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella