Citizenship and Participation in the Information Age
Herausgeber: Pendakur, Manjunath; Harris, Roma
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The purpose of this volume is to alert readers to what lies ahead in the new information society, and to help unravel the public policy implications of the changes wrought by information and communication technologies (ICTs). It reflects both enthusiatic and pessimistic future visions.
This book reflects each contributor's vision of the future, visions that range from the enthusiastic and hopeful to the pessimistic and fearful.
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The purpose of this volume is to alert readers to what lies ahead in the new information society, and to help unravel the public policy implications of the changes wrought by information and communication technologies (ICTs). It reflects both enthusiatic and pessimistic future visions.
This book reflects each contributor's vision of the future, visions that range from the enthusiastic and hopeful to the pessimistic and fearful.
This book reflects each contributor's vision of the future, visions that range from the enthusiastic and hopeful to the pessimistic and fearful.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- 2nd edition
- Seitenzahl: 448
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2002
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 175mm x 27mm
- Gewicht: 699g
- ISBN-13: 9781551930350
- ISBN-10: 1551930358
- Artikelnr.: 42833543
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- 2nd edition
- Seitenzahl: 448
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2002
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 175mm x 27mm
- Gewicht: 699g
- ISBN-13: 9781551930350
- ISBN-10: 1551930358
- Artikelnr.: 42833543
Edited by Manjunath Pendakur and Roma Harris
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Perspectives on the Information Society
1. Forthcoming Features: Information and Communications Technologies and
the Sociology of the Future - Peter Golding
2. Illusions of Perfect Information and Fantasies of Control in the
Information Society - Dwayne Winseck
3. Software Industry, Religious Nationalism, and Social Movements in
India: Aspects of Globalization? - Ramaswami Harindranath
4. Labouring to Be a Citizen: Trade Unions, Public Interest and
Cyber-Populism in India - Paula Chakravartty
5. Imagining the Knowledge-Based Economy: Soon-to-be Labour Force
Entrants Predict the Future of Work - Roma Harris and Margaret Ann
Wilkinson
6. Market Knowledge and the Good Citizen - Richard Maxwell
7. Neo-Liberalizing Welfare: Politics and Information Technology in a
New Era of Governance - G. Dean Barry
8. Defining the Canadian DNA Data Bank: A Sociological Perspective -
Neil Gerlach
9. ICTs in Dutch Schools: Problems, Prospects and Promises - Leen
d'Haenens, Madelon Kokhuis and Cindy von Summeren
Part II: Competing Interests: Censorship and Access to Information
1. International Communication and the Extremist Right - John Downing
2. The Harm of Hate Propaganda - Hilliard Aronovitch
3. Censorship in Library Collection Development Practices and Civic
Participation: A Theoretical Approach - Juris Dilevko
4. Having a Cow: Reaction to 'Veggie Libel' Laws and the Oprah Trials -
Diana Knott
5. Risk and the Internet: Perception and Reality - Eric A. Zimmer and
Christopher D. Hunter
Part III: Concentration of Ownership in the Information World
1. Universal Access in IHAC and NIIAC: Transformed Narrative and Meaning
in Information Policy - Martin Dowding
2. Saving Books from the Market: Price Maintenance Policies in the
United States and Europe - Laura Miller
3. Books and Commerce in an Age of Virtual Capital: The Changing
Political Economy of Bookselling - Jon Bekken
4. Copyright and Citizenship - Michael Rushton
5. National Public Radio: The Case for Normative Mission in the
Marketplace - Michael McCauley
Part IV: Citizenship and Democracy
1. Human Rights in the Information Society: Civic Participation in
Shaping the Future - Cees Hamelink
2. Networks for Social Knowledge: The Anti-NAFTA Challenge - Sophia
Huyer
3. Globalization, Information Society and Social Movement - Marc Lemire
4. Web Sites of Resistance: Internetworking and Civil Society - Kelly
O'Neill
5. The Citizen's Right to Communicate - William F. Birdsall and Merrilee
Rasmussen
6. Crossing the Great Divide: Connecting Citizens to Government in New
South Wales, Australia - Jan Houghton and Linda Tsiu-Shuang Chin
7. Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at
Vancouver Public Library - Ellen Balka and Brian J. Peterson
8. Does a Networked Society Foster Participatory Democracy or Is
Commitment to Place-Based Community Still a Necessity for Civic
Engagement? - Mary Wilson
9. Access to U.S. Federal Government Information for People with
Disabilities: An Analysis of the Legal Requirements, Interpretations,
and Implications - Kimberley Lauffer
10. Remapping the Canadian North: Nunavut, Communications and Inuit
Participatory Development - Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
11. Bush and Bureaucrats: Women's Civic Participation from the Australian
Outback - Lyn Simpson, Leonie Daws, Leanne Wood, Josephine Previte
The Contributors
Index
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Introduction
Part I: Perspectives on the Information Society
1. Forthcoming Features: Information and Communications Technologies and
the Sociology of the Future - Peter Golding
2. Illusions of Perfect Information and Fantasies of Control in the
Information Society - Dwayne Winseck
3. Software Industry, Religious Nationalism, and Social Movements in
India: Aspects of Globalization? - Ramaswami Harindranath
4. Labouring to Be a Citizen: Trade Unions, Public Interest and
Cyber-Populism in India - Paula Chakravartty
5. Imagining the Knowledge-Based Economy: Soon-to-be Labour Force
Entrants Predict the Future of Work - Roma Harris and Margaret Ann
Wilkinson
6. Market Knowledge and the Good Citizen - Richard Maxwell
7. Neo-Liberalizing Welfare: Politics and Information Technology in a
New Era of Governance - G. Dean Barry
8. Defining the Canadian DNA Data Bank: A Sociological Perspective -
Neil Gerlach
9. ICTs in Dutch Schools: Problems, Prospects and Promises - Leen
d'Haenens, Madelon Kokhuis and Cindy von Summeren
Part II: Competing Interests: Censorship and Access to Information
1. International Communication and the Extremist Right - John Downing
2. The Harm of Hate Propaganda - Hilliard Aronovitch
3. Censorship in Library Collection Development Practices and Civic
Participation: A Theoretical Approach - Juris Dilevko
4. Having a Cow: Reaction to 'Veggie Libel' Laws and the Oprah Trials -
Diana Knott
5. Risk and the Internet: Perception and Reality - Eric A. Zimmer and
Christopher D. Hunter
Part III: Concentration of Ownership in the Information World
1. Universal Access in IHAC and NIIAC: Transformed Narrative and Meaning
in Information Policy - Martin Dowding
2. Saving Books from the Market: Price Maintenance Policies in the
United States and Europe - Laura Miller
3. Books and Commerce in an Age of Virtual Capital: The Changing
Political Economy of Bookselling - Jon Bekken
4. Copyright and Citizenship - Michael Rushton
5. National Public Radio: The Case for Normative Mission in the
Marketplace - Michael McCauley
Part IV: Citizenship and Democracy
1. Human Rights in the Information Society: Civic Participation in
Shaping the Future - Cees Hamelink
2. Networks for Social Knowledge: The Anti-NAFTA Challenge - Sophia
Huyer
3. Globalization, Information Society and Social Movement - Marc Lemire
4. Web Sites of Resistance: Internetworking and Civil Society - Kelly
O'Neill
5. The Citizen's Right to Communicate - William F. Birdsall and Merrilee
Rasmussen
6. Crossing the Great Divide: Connecting Citizens to Government in New
South Wales, Australia - Jan Houghton and Linda Tsiu-Shuang Chin
7. Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at
Vancouver Public Library - Ellen Balka and Brian J. Peterson
8. Does a Networked Society Foster Participatory Democracy or Is
Commitment to Place-Based Community Still a Necessity for Civic
Engagement? - Mary Wilson
9. Access to U.S. Federal Government Information for People with
Disabilities: An Analysis of the Legal Requirements, Interpretations,
and Implications - Kimberley Lauffer
10. Remapping the Canadian North: Nunavut, Communications and Inuit
Participatory Development - Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
11. Bush and Bureaucrats: Women's Civic Participation from the Australian
Outback - Lyn Simpson, Leonie Daws, Leanne Wood, Josephine Previte
The Contributors
Index
"
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Perspectives on the Information Society
1. Forthcoming Features: Information and Communications Technologies and
the Sociology of the Future - Peter Golding
2. Illusions of Perfect Information and Fantasies of Control in the
Information Society - Dwayne Winseck
3. Software Industry, Religious Nationalism, and Social Movements in
India: Aspects of Globalization? - Ramaswami Harindranath
4. Labouring to Be a Citizen: Trade Unions, Public Interest and
Cyber-Populism in India - Paula Chakravartty
5. Imagining the Knowledge-Based Economy: Soon-to-be Labour Force
Entrants Predict the Future of Work - Roma Harris and Margaret Ann
Wilkinson
6. Market Knowledge and the Good Citizen - Richard Maxwell
7. Neo-Liberalizing Welfare: Politics and Information Technology in a
New Era of Governance - G. Dean Barry
8. Defining the Canadian DNA Data Bank: A Sociological Perspective -
Neil Gerlach
9. ICTs in Dutch Schools: Problems, Prospects and Promises - Leen
d'Haenens, Madelon Kokhuis and Cindy von Summeren
Part II: Competing Interests: Censorship and Access to Information
1. International Communication and the Extremist Right - John Downing
2. The Harm of Hate Propaganda - Hilliard Aronovitch
3. Censorship in Library Collection Development Practices and Civic
Participation: A Theoretical Approach - Juris Dilevko
4. Having a Cow: Reaction to 'Veggie Libel' Laws and the Oprah Trials -
Diana Knott
5. Risk and the Internet: Perception and Reality - Eric A. Zimmer and
Christopher D. Hunter
Part III: Concentration of Ownership in the Information World
1. Universal Access in IHAC and NIIAC: Transformed Narrative and Meaning
in Information Policy - Martin Dowding
2. Saving Books from the Market: Price Maintenance Policies in the
United States and Europe - Laura Miller
3. Books and Commerce in an Age of Virtual Capital: The Changing
Political Economy of Bookselling - Jon Bekken
4. Copyright and Citizenship - Michael Rushton
5. National Public Radio: The Case for Normative Mission in the
Marketplace - Michael McCauley
Part IV: Citizenship and Democracy
1. Human Rights in the Information Society: Civic Participation in
Shaping the Future - Cees Hamelink
2. Networks for Social Knowledge: The Anti-NAFTA Challenge - Sophia
Huyer
3. Globalization, Information Society and Social Movement - Marc Lemire
4. Web Sites of Resistance: Internetworking and Civil Society - Kelly
O'Neill
5. The Citizen's Right to Communicate - William F. Birdsall and Merrilee
Rasmussen
6. Crossing the Great Divide: Connecting Citizens to Government in New
South Wales, Australia - Jan Houghton and Linda Tsiu-Shuang Chin
7. Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at
Vancouver Public Library - Ellen Balka and Brian J. Peterson
8. Does a Networked Society Foster Participatory Democracy or Is
Commitment to Place-Based Community Still a Necessity for Civic
Engagement? - Mary Wilson
9. Access to U.S. Federal Government Information for People with
Disabilities: An Analysis of the Legal Requirements, Interpretations,
and Implications - Kimberley Lauffer
10. Remapping the Canadian North: Nunavut, Communications and Inuit
Participatory Development - Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
11. Bush and Bureaucrats: Women's Civic Participation from the Australian
Outback - Lyn Simpson, Leonie Daws, Leanne Wood, Josephine Previte
The Contributors
Index
"
Introduction
Part I: Perspectives on the Information Society
1. Forthcoming Features: Information and Communications Technologies and
the Sociology of the Future - Peter Golding
2. Illusions of Perfect Information and Fantasies of Control in the
Information Society - Dwayne Winseck
3. Software Industry, Religious Nationalism, and Social Movements in
India: Aspects of Globalization? - Ramaswami Harindranath
4. Labouring to Be a Citizen: Trade Unions, Public Interest and
Cyber-Populism in India - Paula Chakravartty
5. Imagining the Knowledge-Based Economy: Soon-to-be Labour Force
Entrants Predict the Future of Work - Roma Harris and Margaret Ann
Wilkinson
6. Market Knowledge and the Good Citizen - Richard Maxwell
7. Neo-Liberalizing Welfare: Politics and Information Technology in a
New Era of Governance - G. Dean Barry
8. Defining the Canadian DNA Data Bank: A Sociological Perspective -
Neil Gerlach
9. ICTs in Dutch Schools: Problems, Prospects and Promises - Leen
d'Haenens, Madelon Kokhuis and Cindy von Summeren
Part II: Competing Interests: Censorship and Access to Information
1. International Communication and the Extremist Right - John Downing
2. The Harm of Hate Propaganda - Hilliard Aronovitch
3. Censorship in Library Collection Development Practices and Civic
Participation: A Theoretical Approach - Juris Dilevko
4. Having a Cow: Reaction to 'Veggie Libel' Laws and the Oprah Trials -
Diana Knott
5. Risk and the Internet: Perception and Reality - Eric A. Zimmer and
Christopher D. Hunter
Part III: Concentration of Ownership in the Information World
1. Universal Access in IHAC and NIIAC: Transformed Narrative and Meaning
in Information Policy - Martin Dowding
2. Saving Books from the Market: Price Maintenance Policies in the
United States and Europe - Laura Miller
3. Books and Commerce in an Age of Virtual Capital: The Changing
Political Economy of Bookselling - Jon Bekken
4. Copyright and Citizenship - Michael Rushton
5. National Public Radio: The Case for Normative Mission in the
Marketplace - Michael McCauley
Part IV: Citizenship and Democracy
1. Human Rights in the Information Society: Civic Participation in
Shaping the Future - Cees Hamelink
2. Networks for Social Knowledge: The Anti-NAFTA Challenge - Sophia
Huyer
3. Globalization, Information Society and Social Movement - Marc Lemire
4. Web Sites of Resistance: Internetworking and Civil Society - Kelly
O'Neill
5. The Citizen's Right to Communicate - William F. Birdsall and Merrilee
Rasmussen
6. Crossing the Great Divide: Connecting Citizens to Government in New
South Wales, Australia - Jan Houghton and Linda Tsiu-Shuang Chin
7. Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at
Vancouver Public Library - Ellen Balka and Brian J. Peterson
8. Does a Networked Society Foster Participatory Democracy or Is
Commitment to Place-Based Community Still a Necessity for Civic
Engagement? - Mary Wilson
9. Access to U.S. Federal Government Information for People with
Disabilities: An Analysis of the Legal Requirements, Interpretations,
and Implications - Kimberley Lauffer
10. Remapping the Canadian North: Nunavut, Communications and Inuit
Participatory Development - Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
11. Bush and Bureaucrats: Women's Civic Participation from the Australian
Outback - Lyn Simpson, Leonie Daws, Leanne Wood, Josephine Previte
The Contributors
Index
"