Digital Divide - Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide

Klappentext There is widespread concern that the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. Zusammenfassung There is widespread concern that the explosive growth of the Internet is exacerbating existing inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide sets out to examine the evidence for access and use of the Internet in 179 nations across the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introductory Framework: 1. The digital divide; 2. Understanding the digital divide: wired world; 3. Social inequalities; Part II. The Virtual Political System: 4. Theories of digital democracy; 5. e-governance; 6. Online parliaments; 7. Virtual parties; 8. Civic society; Part III. The Democratic Divide: 9. Cyberculture; 10. Digital engagement; 11. Conclusions: promoting digital democracy.

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• Autori: Pippa Norris, Pippa (Harvard University Norris
• Con la collaborazione di: W. Lance Bennett (Editore), Robert M. Entman (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.09.2001
• EAN: 9780521002233
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00223-3
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: Communication, Society and Politics; Communication, Society and Pol
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Comunicazione dati, reti; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia