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Disconnected : haves and have-nots in the information age / William Wresch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wresch, William, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology.
- Information technology--Social aspects.
- Information society.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 268 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- 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 ?Disconnected begins with a striking vignette of two men: One is the thriving manager of a company selling personal computers and computer services.
- Contents:
- Information Rich, Information Poor 1
- Part I Problems at the Source
- Chapter 1 World Media 23
- Chapter 2 Personal Information 42
- Chapter 3 Organizational Information 59
- Chapter 4 Professional Information 79
- Chapter 5 Commercial Information 92
- Part II Transmission Problems
- Chapter 6 Information Exiles 113
- Chapter 7 Tyranny 137
- Chapter 8 Information Criminals 157
- Part III Reception Problems
- Chapter 9 World Education 175
- Chapter 10 Psychology 197
- Chapter 11 Noise 213
- Part IV Solutions
- Chapter 12 Reasons for Hope 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813523699
- 0813523702
- OCLC:
- 34658916
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