Digital nation : toward an inclusive information society /
Anthony G. Wilhelm.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.
- xiv, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-157) and index.
1. Digital Nation at a Crossroads. 2. "Everybody Should Know the Basics, Like How to Use a Computer" ; Drinking from a Firehose ; Desert Island Wish List ; Walking to Timbuktu. 3. A Faustian Bargain for the Digital Age ; A Faustian Bargain ; Selling Bits instead of Atoms ; Stemming the Health Care Crisis ; Unclogging the Autobahn ; From the Crystal Palace to Silicon Valley. 4. The New Frontier of Civil Rights ; An Up-to-Date Education for All ; Voting Made Easy ... for Some ; E-Government: Build It and They Will Come. 5. A Digital Nation in Black and White ; From Black and White to Technicolor ; Digital Nation Retrenchment ; Building Bridges and Connecting the Dots. 6. Flattening the Virtual Landscape in Education ; The Challenges of Raising Performance ; Cross-Country Comparisons: Finland, Germany, and the United States ; The Finnish Model ; Policy Implications. 7. Wire-less Youth: Rejuvenating the Net ; The Future Is Here, and It's for Sale ; A Generation, Divided ; Youths as Producers and Savvy Consumers ; Millennials Go Global ; What's My Age in Web Years?
0262232383 (alk. paper)
2004042848
Information technology--Social aspects. Cyberspace--Social aspects. Information society. Computers and civilization. Civilization, Modern--21st century.