Access Denied in the Information Age

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Stephen Lax

      Pages 1-6

3. Access

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. ‘Beepless in America’: The Social Impact of the Galaxy IV Pager Blackout

      • William H. Dutton, Anita Elberse, Traci Hong, Sorin Matei

      Pages 9-32

   3. Trade Unions and Access to the Internet

      • Joe Holly, Gary Herman

      Pages 33-44

   4. ‘Getting Our Hands on It’: Gendered Inequality in Access to Information and Communications Technologies

      • Gill Kirkup

      Pages 45-66

4. Knowledge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. The Postmodern University? The Loss of Purpose in British Universities

      • Frank Webster

      Pages 69-92

   3. Brickies or Bricoleurs? Gender in Computing and Design Courses

      • Deborah Trayhurn

      Pages 93-106

   4. Information, Education and Inequality: Is New Technology the Solution?

      • Stephen Lax

      Pages 107-124

   5. The Process of Change: an Empirical Examination of the Uptake and Impact of Technology

      • David E. Morrison, Michael Svennevig

      Pages 125-141

   6. The Value of the Ephemeral: Assessing News Output About Yugoslavia (1998–1999)

      • Michael Palmer

      Pages 142-157

5. Power

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. ‘Smell the Tulips’: the Internet, Neo-liberalism and Millenarian Hype

      • Brian Winston

      Pages 161-178

   3. Selling Off Cyberspace

      • Granville Williams

      Pages 179-198

   4. From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys: Market Imperfection and the Enduring Digital Divide

      • Anthony Wilhelm

      Pages 199-217

   5. From an Answer to a Question: Globalization in the Information Age

      • Robin Brown

      Pages 218-233

6. Back Matter

   Pages 234-239

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We live in an information society. Or so we are told. Access to unlimited information will promote equality for all. But is the information society really going to be like this? Who is going to reap the rewards of new information and communication technologies? Focusing on a theme of exclusion, Access Denied in the Information Age dispels the myths of the information society. The authors here take a few steps back from the hype and consider the real place of these new technologies in society.

• Access
• communication
• cyberspace
• Design
• education
• gender
• globalization
• information society
• Internet
• Nation
• trade

"The well-written essays certainly are provocative." - Journal of Technology Transfer

• University of Leeds, UK

  Stephen Lax

ROBIN BROWN Lecturer in Political Communications, University of Leeds WILLIAM DUTTON Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California ANITA ELBERSE Researcher, London Business School's Future Media Research Programme GARY HERMAN IT Consultant and Writer JOE HOLLY Workers' Educational Association's National Programme Officer and Director of the Labour Telematics Centre TRACI HONG Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California GILL KIRKUP Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, Open University SORIN MATEI Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California DAVID MORRISON Professor of Communications Research, University of Leeds MICHAEL PALMER Professor of International Communications, UFR Communication, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris MICHAEL SVENNEVIG Research Director, Research Centre for Future Communications, University of Leeds DEBORAH TRAYHURN Principal Lecturer, School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University FRANK WEBSTER Professor of Sociology, University of Birmingham ANTHONY WILHELM Program Director for Communications Policy and Practice, Benton Foundation, Washington DC GRANVILLE WILLIAMS Lecturer in Journalism and Media Policy, University of Huddersfield BRIAN WONSTON Professor and Head of School of Communication, Design and Media, University of Westminster

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