High technology and low income communities : prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology

High technology and low income communities prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology

"How will low-income communities be affected by the waves of social, economic, political, and cultural change that surround the new information technologies? How can we influence the outcome? This action-oriented book identifies the key issues, explores the evidence, and suggests some answers....

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Weitere Verfasser: Schön, Donald A. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. u.a. MIT Press 1999
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Informatietechnologie > Lage-inkomensgroepen > Sociale aspecten > Technologie de l'information - Pays en voie de développement > Gesellschaft > Information technology > Social aspects > Poor > Armut > Informationstechnik > Spitzentechnologie > Soziale Situation > Aufsatzsammlung > Konferenzschrift
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Zusammenfassung:"How will low-income communities be affected by the waves of social, economic, political, and cultural change that surround the new information technologies? How can we influence the outcome? This action-oriented book identifies the key issues, explores the evidence, and suggests some answers. Avoiding both utopianism and despair, the book presents the voices of technology enthusiasts and skeptics, as well as social activists."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XVII, 411 S.
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ISBN:026269199X
0-262-69199-X