High technology and low-income communities : prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology / edited by Donald A. Sch�on, Bish Sanyal, William J. Mitchell.
Contributor(s): Mitchell, William J. (William John) | Sanyal, Bishwapriya | Sch�on, Donald A | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.] | NetLibrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c1999Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1998]Description: 1 PDF (xvii, 411 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262287258.Subject(s): Information technology -- Social aspects | Poor | Poor | Information technology -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.4/6 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Review: "How will low-income communities be affected by the waves of social, economic, political, and cultural change that surround the new information technologies? How can we influence the outcome? This action-oriented book identifies the key issues, explores the evidence, and suggests some answers. Avoiding both utopianism and despair, the book presents the voices of technology enthusiasts and skeptics, as well as social activists."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"How will low-income communities be affected by the waves of social, economic, political, and cultural change that surround the new information technologies? How can we influence the outcome? This action-oriented book identifies the key issues, explores the evidence, and suggests some answers. Avoiding both utopianism and despair, the book presents the voices of technology enthusiasts and skeptics, as well as social activists."--BOOK JACKET.
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