Beyond the digital divide : contextualizing the information society

• Main Author: Lupač, Petr (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Subjects: Information society.; Internet.; Equality.; Marginality, Social.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787565470; 9781787565494
• DOI: 10.1108/9781787565470
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 211 pages) ; cm

This book critically reviews existing digital divide research and challenges its core thesis, which posits unequal Internet access as a newly formed source of social disadvantage. The author begins by introducing the building blocks of the information society theory. The book goes on to present a sy...