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Disconnected : haves and have-nots in the information age

Title
  1. Disconnected : haves and have-nots in the information age / William Wresch.
Published by
  1. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1996.
Author
  1. Wresch, William, 1947-

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Description
  1. xiv, 268 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. In the Information Age, information is power. Who produces all that information, how does it move around, who uses it, to what ends, and under what constraints? Who gets that power? And what happens to the people who have no access to it? With vivid anecdotes and data, William Wresch contrasts the opportunities of the information-rich with the limited prospects of the information-poor. Surveying the range of information - personal, public, organizational, commercial - that has become the currency of exchange in today's world, he shows how each represents a form of power. He analyzes the barriers that keep people information-poor: geography, tyranny, illiteracy, psychological blinders, "noise," crime. Technology alone, he demonstrates, is not the answer. Even the technology-rich do not always get access to important information - or recognize its value.
  2. Wresch spells out the grim consequences of information inequity for individuals and society. Yet he ends with reasons for optimism and stories of people who are working to pull down the impediments to the flow of information.
Subject
  1. Information technology
  2. Information technology > Social aspects
  3. Information society
  4. information technology
  5. Information society
  6. Information technology
  7. Information technology > Social aspects
  8. Informationsgesellschaft
  9. Informationstechnik
  10. Soziale Situation
  11. Informatievoorziening
  12. Maatschappij
  13. Ongelijkheid
  14. Culturele verschillen
  15. Vooroordelen
  16. Ciencia da informacao
Contents
  1. Information Rich, Information Poor -- Ch. 1. World Media -- Ch. 2. Personal Information -- Ch. 3. Organizational Information -- Ch. 4. Professional Information -- Ch. 5. Commercial Information -- Ch. 6. Information Exiles -- Ch. 7. Tyranny -- Ch. 8. Information Criminals -- Ch. 9. World Education -- Ch. 10. Psychology -- Ch. 11. Noise -- Ch. 12. Reasons for Hope.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.