Inequality.com: Power, Poverty and the Digital Divide

by Kieron O'Hara

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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...Read more
  • ISBN10 6612092920
  • ISBN13 9786612092923
  • Publish Date 1 August 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 December 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint ONEWorld Publications
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 341
  • Language English