Access Denied in the Information Age

We live in an information society. Or so we are told. Access to unlimited information will promote equality for all. But is the information society really going to be like this? Who is going to reap the rewards of new information and communication technologies? Focusing on a theme of exclusion, Access Denied in the Information Age dispels the myths of the information society. The authors here take a few steps back from the hype and consider the real place of these new technologies in society.

"The well-written essays certainly are provocative." - Journal of Technology Transfer

ROBIN BROWN Lecturer in Political Communications, University of LeedsWILLIAM DUTTON Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaANITA ELBERSE Researcher, London Business School's Future Media Research ProgrammeGARY HERMAN IT Consultant and WriterJOE HOLLY Workers' Educational Association's National Programme Officer and Director of the Labour Telematics CentreTRACI HONG Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaGILL KIRKUP Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, Open UniversitySORIN MATEI Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern CaliforniaDAVID MORRISON Professor of Communications Research, University of LeedsMICHAEL PALMER Professor of International Communications, UFR Communication, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, ParisMICHAEL SVENNEVIG Research Director, Research Centre for Future Communications, University of LeedsDEBORAH TRAYHURN Principal Lecturer, School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan UniversityFRANK WEBSTER Professor of Sociology, University of BirminghamANTHONY WILHELM Program Director for Communications Policy and Practice, Benton Foundation, Washington DCGRANVILLE WILLIAMS Lecturer in Journalism and Media Policy, University of HuddersfieldBRIAN WONSTON Professor and Head of School of Communication, Design and Media, University of Westminster