TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wresch,William
TI  - Disconnected: haves and have-nots in the information age 
SN  - 0585020256
AV  - T58.5 .W74 1996eb
U1  - 306.4/2 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Information society
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Cultural Policy
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - fast
KW  - Informatievoorziening
KW  - gtt
KW  - Maatschappij
KW  - Ongelijkheid
KW  - Culturele verschillen
KW  - Vooroordelen
KW  - Ciencia da informacao
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Electrical & Computer Engineering
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Engineering & Applied Sciences
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - Afrika
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index
N2  - "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." "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." --Book Jacket
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