Global e-litism : digital technology, social inequality, and transnationality / Gili S. Drori.

By: Material type: SoundSoundSeries: Contemporary social issues (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Worth Publishers, 2006.Description: 187 p. : digital mono. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4833091724
LOC classification:
  • HM 851 D786g 2006
Contents:
New global geography -- Matter of access and use -- Understanding the conceptual origins and expanding the scope -- Hope and despair, the prospects of development based on digitization -- Globalization battles and ICT -- ICT transnationality -- Bridging the divide -- Appendix: Chronology of the computer age -- Technical glossary.
Summary: There is no question that technological advances in the early twenty-first century have ushered in a new kind of freedom that makes products and ideas available to groups of people all over the world. [In this book, the author] explores this global digital divide and simultaneously examines the cultural and political processes contributing to the growing technological disparity between developed and developing countries and the worldwide implications of these processes. -Back cover.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 851 D786g 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000083934

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-180).

New global geography -- Matter of access and use -- Understanding the conceptual origins and expanding the scope -- Hope and despair, the prospects of development based on digitization -- Globalization battles and ICT -- ICT transnationality -- Bridging the divide -- Appendix: Chronology of the computer age -- Technical glossary.

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There is no question that technological advances in the early twenty-first century have ushered in a new kind of freedom that makes products and ideas available to groups of people all over the world. [In this book, the author] explores this global digital divide and simultaneously examines the cultural and political processes contributing to the growing technological disparity between developed and developing countries and the worldwide implications of these processes. -Back cover.

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