02539nam a2200433Ii 45000010014000000030008000140050017000220060019000390070015000580080041000730200027001140200025001410400031001660500021001970720016002180720023002340800010002571000028002672450127002952640056004222640011004783000046004893360026005353370026005613380036005875000020006235040041006435201136006845880025018206500025018456500014018706500014018846500025018986500049019236500023019727760018019957760018020138560074020319781787565470UtOrBLW20251029120724.0m     o  d        cr un|||||||||180917s2018    enk     ob    001 0 eng d  a9781787565470 (e-book)  a9781787565494 (ePUB)  aUtOrBLWbengerdacUtOrBLW 4aHM851b.L87 2018 7aJHB2bicssc 7aSOC0260002bisacsh  a316.41 aLupač, Petr,eauthor.10aBeyond the digital divide :bcontextualizing the information society /cPetr Lupač (Charles University, Czech Republic). 1aBingley, U.K. :bEmerald Publishing Limited,c2018. 4c©2018  a1 online resource (xiii, 211 pages) ;ccm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aThis 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 systematic overview of digital divide research - its development, arguments attesting to the social gravity of the digital divide, and current findings on the uneven diffusion and use of the Internet. It evaluates the validity of the theories and concepts associated with digital divide research. The author offers an overview and re-examination of six presumptions and biases found in the prevailing approach to the digital divide. Given that Internet use has, in certain contexts, become an absolute necessity, an alternative approach is proposed, recognizing the indispensability of Internet use as context dependent. The book concludes with a consideration of the implications that this new perspective has for the information society theory and policies as well as for the role of social science in the informatization process. 0 aPrint version record 0aInformation society. 0aInternet. 0aEquality. 0aMarginality, Social. 7aSocial SciencexSociologyxGeneral.2bisacsh 7aSociology.2bicssc  z9781787565487  z978178756550040uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787565470