Document (#25582)

Editor

Compaine, B.M.

Title

¬The digital divide: facing a crisis or creating a myth?

Imprint

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press

Year

2002

Pages

357 S

Isbn

0-262-53193-3

Abstract

This is an important collection of studies and essays examining the history and concepts concerning the development and evolution of the "digital divide" as a reality and as an idea. The work's editor, Benjamin Compaine, states up front that he is skeptical of whole digital divide concept. Although the collection includes materials from a variety of views, Compaine warns the book will not settle issues. Compaine's hope is that his collection will encourage people to believe the digital divide will fix itself quicker than any program. Digital Divide is composed of 20 chapters and divided into five parts. For each "Part" Compaine provides a brief introduction and explanation for its chapters. The contributors come from diverse backgrounds bringing the collection breadth and depth. Compaine list 27 authors from different academic fields, newspapers, research institutions, and companies. Because the work is a collection authored by such a variety of people, each chapter has individual strengths and weaknesses. Overall, however, the chapters flow in a logical order and are very readable. Although most authors cover a good bit of statistical data and analysis, which can tend to bog down the flow of the narrative, the majority of the authors make use of tables and charts to relay their statistical data to the reader. Thus, the research data is provided but is less disruptive to the narrative making the text much easier to read as a whole.

Footnote

Rez. in: ARIST 53(2002) no.7, S.612-613 (L.A. Ennis)

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