TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leigh,Patricia Randolph
TI  - International exploration of technology equity and the digital divide: critical, historical and social perspectives 
SN  - 9781615207930 (hardcover)
AV  - HM851 .I58 2011
U1  - 303.48/33091724 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Hershey, PA
PB  - Information Science Reference
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Information society
KW  - Information technology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-230) and index; 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
N2  - "This book explores and presents research that centers on the historical, political, sociological, and economic factors that engender global inequities"--Provided by publisher
ER  -