International exploration of technology equity and the digital divide :critical, historical and social perspectives
Hershey, PA
Information Science Reference
2011
xvi, 237 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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