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1、TECHNOLOGYANDIN/EQUALITYContributorstoTechnologyandIn/equalityexplorethediverseimplicationsofthenewinformationandcommunicationtechnologies(ICTs)throughcasestudiesoftheirapplicationsinthreemainareas–media,educationandtraining,andwork.Intheseareasquestionsofaccesstoandcontrolovercrucialreso
2、urcessuchasinformation,knowledge,skillsandincomeareparticularlysalient.Manyofthechaptersincorporateanhistoricalperspectiveinordertodrawlessonsfrompastexamplesofthecontradictionsbetweendemocra-tisingpromisesandtheunequallydistributedrealityofnewtechnologies.Allthechaptersquestionthemean-in
3、gsoftheterms‘technology’and‘inequality’andofthewidespreadassociationoftechnologywithprogress.Someofthekeysitesandissuescoveredinclude:democracyandtechnologyinthemediaindustries;gender,classandethnicityintechnologicaleducationandlifelonglearning;andclass,genderandskillsintheworkplace.Writt
4、enwithanon-specialistreadershipinmind,allcomplextheoriesandkeyconceptsarecare-fullyexplainedmakingthebookeasilyaccessibleandrelevanttoawiderangeofcourses.SallyWyattisaReader,FlisHenwoodaSeniorLecturer,NodMilleraProfessorandPeterSenkeraVisitingProfessorattheDeptofInnovationStudies,Universi
5、tyofEastLondon.CONTENTSPrefaceixAcknowledgementsxListofcontributorsxi1Criticalperspectivesontechnologies,in/equalitiesandtheinformationsociety1FLISHENWOOD,SALLYWYATT,NODMILLERANDPETERSENKERPARTIPromisesandthreats:accessandcontrolinmediatechnologies192Accessisnottheonlyproblem:usingandcont
6、rollingtheInternet21GRAHAMTHOMASANDSALLYWYATT3Panaceasandpromisesofdemocraticparticipation:reactionstonewchannels,fromthewirelesstotheWorldWideWeb46RODALLENANDNODMILLER4Publicservicebroadcastingandnewdistributiontechnologies:issuesofequality,accessandchoiceinthetransactionaltelevisionenvi
7、ronment61KATHYWALKER5LimitedHorizons(inc.):access,democracyandtechnologyincommunitytelevisioninCanada86HERBERTF.PIMLOTTvTECHNOLOGYANDIN/EQUALITYPARTIIExclusion,inclusionandsegregation:newtechnologyandskillineducation1096Ataleoftwocultures?Genderandinequalityincomput
