TY  - GEN
T1  - Disconnected : haves and have-nots in the information age
A1  - Wresch, William, 1947-
LA  - English
PP  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 1996
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm42328766
AB  - "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."--Jacket
OP  - 268
CN  - T58.5 .W74 1996eb
SN  - 0585020256
SN  - 9780585020259
SN  - 0813585546
SN  - 9780813585543
SN  - 0813523699
SN  - 0813523702
KW  - Information technology.
KW  - Information technology : Social aspects.
KW  - Information society.
KW  - Electronic data processing.
KW  - Technologie de l'information.
KW  - Technologie de l'information : Aspect social.
KW  - Société de l'information.
KW  - information technology.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture.
KW  - Electronic data processing
KW  - Information society
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Information technology : Social aspects
KW  - Informatievoorziening.
KW  - Maatschappij.
KW  - Ongelijkheid.
KW  - Culturele verschillen.
KW  - Vooroordelen.
KW  - Afrika.
KW  - Ciencia da informacao.
KW  - Electrical & Computer Engineering.
KW  - Engineering & Applied Sciences.
KW  - Information Technology.
ER  -