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" International exploration of technology equity and the digital divide : "
Patricia Randolph Leigh, [editor].
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BL
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967914
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b722284
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International exploration of technology equity and the digital divide : : critical, historical and social perspectives /\ Patricia Randolph Leigh, [editor].
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Hershey, PA :: Information Science Reference,, 2011.
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xvi, 237 pages :: illustrations ;; 29 cm
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1615207937
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: 1615207945
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: 9781615207930
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: 9781615207947
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-230) and index.
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| Contents
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Caste, class, and it in India / Elizabeth Langran -- India's Dalits search for a democratic opening in the digital divide / P. Thirumal, Gary Michael Tartaw -- Exploring the notion of "technology as public good" : emerging characteristics and trends of the digital divide in East Asian education / Sunnie Lee Watson, Thalia Mulvihill -- Creating virtual marae : an examination of how digital technologies have been adopted by maori in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Janinka Greenwood, Lynne Harara Te Aika, Niki Davis -- From igloos to iPods : Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and the internet in Canada / Cynthia J. Alexander -- The digital abyss in Zimbabwe / Jill Jameson -- Paulo freire's liberatory pedagogy : rethinking issues of technology access and use in education / James C. McShay -- Digital equity and black Brazilians : honoring history and culture / Patricia Randolph Leigh -- Digital equity in a traditional culture : Gullah communities in South Carolina / Patricia Randolph Leigh, J. Herman Blake, Emily L. Moore -- Governing digital divides : power structures and ict strategies in a global perspective / Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella.
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| Abstract
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"This book explores and presents research that centers on the historical, political, sociological, and economic factors that engender global inequities"--Provided by publisher.
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Information society.
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Information technology-- Social aspects.
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Technological innovations-- Social aspects.
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Information society.
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Information technology-- Social aspects.
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Technological innovations-- Social aspects.
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303.48/33091724
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HM851.I58 2011
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Leigh, Patricia Randolph.
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