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Technology and Social Inclusion

Rethinking the Digital Divide

Mark Warschauer (Autor)

Online Resource
274 Seiten
2019
MIT Press (Hersteller)
978-0-262-25717-6 (ISBN)
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Much of the discussion about new technologies and social equality has focused on the oversimplified notion of a "digital divide." Technology and Social Inclusion moves beyond the limited view of haves and have-nots to analyze the different forms of access to information and communication technologies. Drawing on theory from political science, economics, sociology, psychology, communications, education, and linguistics, the book examines the ways in which differing access to technology contributes to social and economic stratification or inclusion. The book takes a global perspective, presenting case studies from developed and developing countries, including Brazil, China, Egypt, India, and the United States. A central premise is that, in today's society, the ability to access, adapt, and create knowledge using information and communication technologies is critical to social inclusion. This focus on social inclusion shifts the discussion of the "digital divide" from gaps to be overcome by providing equipment to social development challenges to be addressed through the effective integration of technology into communities, institutions, and societies.
What is most important is not so much the physical availability of computers and the Internet but rather people's ability to make use of those technologies to engage in meaningful social practices.

Mark Warschauer is Assistant Professor of Education and of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, and founding editor of the journal Language Learning and Technology.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.6.2019
Zusatzinfo 22 illus.
Verlagsort Cambridge, Mass.
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-262-25717-3 / 0262257173
ISBN-13 978-0-262-25717-6 / 9780262257176
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