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.

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.

List of Tables and Figures - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction
S.Lax - PART I: ACCESS - 'Beepless in America': The Social Impact of the Galaxy IV Pager Blackout
W.Dutton, A.Elberse, T.Hong &
S.Matei - Trade Union and Access to the Internet
J.Holly &
G.Herman - Getting Our Hands on It: Gendered Inequality in Access to Information and Communication Technologies
G.Kirkup - PART II: KNOWLEDGE - The Postmodern University? The Loss of Purpose in British Universities
F.Webster - Brickies or Bricoleurs? Gender in Computing and Design Courses
D.Trayhurn - Information, Education and Inequality: Is New Technology the Solution?
S.Lax - The Process of Change: An Empirical Examination of the Uptake and Impact of Technology
D.Morrison &
M.Svennevig - The Value of the Ephemeral: Assessing New Output about Yugoslavia (1989-1999)
M.Palmer - PART III: POWER - Smell the Tulips: The Internet, Neoliberalisn and Millenarian Hype
B.Winston - Selling off Cyberspace
G.Williams - From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys: Market Imperfection and the Enduring Digital Divide
A.Wilhelm - From an Answer to a Question: Globalization in the Information Age
R.Brown - Index