Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide

by Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, Mary Stansbury

Book Overview

That there is a "digital divide"--which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society--is indisputable. Virtual Inequality redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, political participation, as well as the obvious economics. Computer and Internet access are insufficient without the skill to use the technology, and economic opportunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878409998
• ISBN13: 9780878409990
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher