TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilhelm,Anthony G.
TI  - Digital nation: toward an inclusive information society 
SN  - 0262232383 (alk. paper)
AV  - HM851 .W55 2004
U1  - 303.48/33 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Cyberspace
KW  - Information society
KW  - Computers and civilization
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - 21st century
N1  - 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?
ER  -