International exploration of technology equity and the digital divide :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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critical, historical and social perspectives /
First Statement of Responsibility
Patricia Randolph Leigh, [editor].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hershey, PA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Information Science Reference,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 237 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
29 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-230) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR 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.