Access Denied in the Information Age

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
‘Beepless in America’: The Social Impact of the Galaxy IV Pager Blackout....Pages 9-32
Trade Unions and Access to the Internet....Pages 33-44
‘Getting Our Hands on It’: Gendered Inequality in Access to Information and Communications Technologies....Pages 45-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Postmodern University? The Loss of Purpose in British Universities....Pages 69-92
Brickies or Bricoleurs? Gender in Computing and Design Courses....Pages 93-106
Information, Education and Inequality: Is New Technology the Solution?....Pages 107-124
The Process of Change: an Empirical Examination of the Uptake and Impact of Technology....Pages 125-141
The Value of the Ephemeral: Assessing News Output About Yugoslavia (1998–1999)....Pages 142-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
‘Smell the Tulips’: the Internet, Neo-liberalism and Millenarian Hype....Pages 161-178
Selling Off Cyberspace....Pages 179-198
From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys: Market Imperfection and the Enduring Digital Divide....Pages 199-217
From an Answer to a Question: Globalization in the Information Age....Pages 218-233
Back Matter....Pages 234-239