Access Denied in the Information Age

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
Access denied......Page 18
Part I: Access......Page 22
Introduction: information, access and power......Page 24
Technology shaping technology, ownership and control of the pager......Page 27
Access denied: the Galaxy IV pager blackout......Page 29
Social implications of the pager: the silence of social research......Page 30
The Galaxy IV pager blackout: a multi-method approach......Page 32
Discussion......Page 40
Introduction......Page 48
Globalization and the information society......Page 49
Democracy and the internet......Page 51
Restrictions to access......Page 52
Using the technology......Page 56
Communication rights......Page 57
Introduction......Page 60
The gender/technology relationship......Page 61
The historical production of gendered ICTs......Page 63
Women as users of domestic ICTs in the late 1990s......Page 64
ICT access and use: a case study of Open University students......Page 66
The mutual constitution of gender and ICTs in the domestic sphere......Page 79
Part II: Knowledge......Page 82
Introduction......Page 84
Passivity......Page 87
Critique......Page 94
Conclusion......Page 104
Introduction: defining the 'problem'......Page 108
Overview of the case study......Page 110
Epistemological pluralism?......Page 115
Conclusion......Page 118
6 Information, Education and Inequality: Is New Technology the Solution?......Page 122
Information and communications technologies in schools......Page 123
Information and communications technologies in libraries......Page 129
The technical fix, educational reform and private interest......Page 132
New technology for a new society?......Page 135
7 The Process of Change: an Empirical Examination of the Uptake and Impact of Technology......Page 140
Definitions......Page 141
Ideas and change......Page 145
Globalization of the mind......Page 150
Conclusion......Page 154
8 The Value of the Ephemeral: Assessing News Output About Yugoslavia (1998–1999)......Page 157
Yugoslavia: 'news in context' and 'hits' … revisited......Page 158
Conclusion: access denied and access oversupplied – navigating between the two......Page 169
Part III: Power......Page 174
9 'Smell the Tulips': the Internet, Neo-liberalism and Millenarian Hype......Page 176
Introduction......Page 194
Technological determinism......Page 198
Media ownership: old issues in new contexts......Page 200
Cyberspace for sale......Page 205
Eliminating public interest issues......Page 207
Information superhighway or information supermarket?......Page 208
Some conclusions......Page 210
Postscript......Page 211
11 From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys: Market Imperfection and the Enduring Digital Divide......Page 214
Information technology as essential capacity......Page 216
The market-exclusive framework......Page 219
An alternative, cross-sector approach to building capacity......Page 221
Some policy prescriptions......Page 227
Introduction: globalization and the internet......Page 233
Cultural roots of globalization......Page 234
Globalization and political discourse......Page 235
The many meanings of globalization......Page 236
Theorizing globalization: some assumptions......Page 238
Inclusion and exclusion......Page 239
Global political exchange: two examples......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 245
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G......Page 250
L......Page 251
P......Page 252
T......Page 253
Y......Page 254