Access Denied in the Information Age

ROBIN BROWN Lecturer in Political Communications, University of LeedsWILLIAM DUTTON Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaANITA ELBERSE Researcher, London Business School's Future Media Research ProgrammeGARY HERMAN IT Consultant and WriterJOE HOLLY Workers' Educational Association's National Programme Officer and Director of the Labour Telematics CentreTRACI HONG Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaGILL KIRKUP Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, Open UniversitySORIN MATEI Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaDAVID MORRISON Professor of Communications Research, University of LeedsMICHAEL PALMER Professor of International Communications, UFR Communication, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, ParisMICHAEL SVENNEVIG Research Director, Research Centre for Future Communications, University of LeedsDEBORAH TRAYHURN Principal Lecturer, School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan UniversityFRANK WEBSTER Professor of Sociology, University of BirminghamANTHONY WILHELM Program Director for Communications Policy and Practice, Benton Foundation, Washington DCGRANVILLE WILLIAMS Lecturer in Journalism and Media Policy, University of HuddersfieldBRIAN WONSTON Professor and Head of School of Communication, Design and Media, University of Westminster

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• 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