Displaying 1 of 1 2003 Format: Book Author: Warschauer, Mark. Title: Technology and social inclusion : rethinking the digital divide / Mark Warschauer. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2003] ©2003 Description: xii, 260 pages ; 24 cm Subjects: Digital divide. Marginality, Social. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-245) and index. 061064 LCCN: 2002075130 ISBN: 0262232243 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Trade Reviews CHOICE ReviewThe term "digital divide" can be either pernicious or powerful. If it is taken as a problem that can be solved with technology, then it is profoundly pernicious. If it is taken as a challenge and opportunity to use information and communication technology (ICT) to create more inclusive communities, then it is powerful. Through broad empirical fieldwork and incisive analysis, the author argues for the latter. Longitudinal, intensive studies among disadvantaged communities in Hawaii, California, and Egypt, and broad overview studies in Brazil, China, and India, show that appropriate and timely content and support for ICT use by disenfranchised groups and individuals is critical to the benefits they might derive from it. Such benefits flow not from ICT use itself, but from access to and creation of information that is important to these communities. The metaphor of "information ecologies" invoked by Warschauer (education and information and computer science, Univ. of California, Irvine) is especially apt. In fact, one should read this work in conjunction with Bonnie Nardi and Vicki O'Day's Information Ecologies (2000), which invokes this same metaphor and model title. Both books are strongly recommended to anyone interested in the role of ICT in the development of human communities throughout the world. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Most levels/collections. C. S. Peebles Indiana University-Bloomington Summary Much discussion of new technologies and social equality has focused on the oversimplified notion of a digital divide. Technology and Social Inclusion moves beyond the limited view of haves and have-nots to analyze the different forms of access to information and communication technologies. Drawing on theory from political science, economics, sociology, psychology, communications, education and linguistics, the book examines the ways in which differing access to technology contributes to social and economic stratification or inclusion. The book takes a global perspective, presenting case studies from developed and developing countries, including Brazil, China, Egypt, India and the United States. Table of Contents Acknowledgmentsp. ixIntroductionp. 11Economy, Society, and Technology: Analyzing the Shifting Terrainsp. 112Models of Access: Devisces, Conduits, and Literacyp. 313Physical Resources: Computers and Connectivityp. 494Digital Resources: Content and Languagep. 815Human Resources: Literacy and Educationp. 1096Social Resources: Communities and Institutionsp. 1537Conclusion: The Social Embeddedness of Technologyp. 199Notesp. 217Referencesp. 225Indexp. 247 Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
