Access Denied in the Information Age

STEPHEN LAX is Lecturer in Communications Technology at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. He is author of Beyond the Horizon: Communications Technologies Past, Present and Future (1997).

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

• 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