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Karen Mossberger is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Public Administration, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago. Caroline J. Tolbert is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa. Ramona S. McNeal is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Political Studies Department at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
The digital divide affects the politics and economics of information societies throughout the globe. In this wide-ranging and carefully analyzed study, Mossberger, Tolbert and McNeal illuminate the fine-grained texture of digital access, digital skill and literacy, and, ultimately, digital citizenship. Detailed analyses of national opinion survey data and other large-scale datasets illuminate not only attitudes toward the Internet and patterns of use, but more importantly, the effects of use patterns--classified by age, race, ethnicity, income and education--for economic opportunity and civic participation. The results provide convincing concrete and deeply troubling evidence of the costs of exclusion for those with less access and fewer digital skills in information societies. By doing so, this book makes a major contribution toward integrating the study of technological and social inequalities in the United States. It is required reading for those interested in information technology and society and, more importantly, for those interested in the current state of American society, the role of public policy in the information society, and our economic future. --Jane Fountain, Director, Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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