Contents

• Introduction / Stephen Lax
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• 1. ‘Beepless in America’: The Social Impact of the Galaxy IV Pager Blackout / William H. Dutton, Anita Elberse and Traci Hong / [et al.]
• 2. Trade Unions and Access to the Internet / Joe Holly and Gary Herman
• 3. ‘Getting our Hands on It’: Gendered Inequality in Access to Information and Communications Technologies / Gill Kirkup
• 4. The Postmodern University? The Loss of Purpose in British Universities / Frank Webster
• 5. Brickies of Bricoleurs? Gender in Computing and Design Courses / Deborah Trayhurn
• 6. Information, Education and Inequality: Is New Technology the Solution? / Stephen Lax
• 7. The Process of Change: an Empirical Examination of the Uptake and Impact of Technology / David E. Morrison and Michael Svennevig
• 8. The Value of the Ephemeral: Assessing News Output About Yugoslavia (1998-1999) / Michael Palmer
• 9. ‘Smell the Tulips’: the Internet, Neo-liberalism and Millenarian Hype / Brian Winston
• 10. Selling off Cyberspace / Granville Williams
• 11. From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys: Market Imperfection and the Enduring Digital Divide / Anthony Wilhelm
• 12. From an Answer to a Question: Globalization in the Information Age / Robin Brown