Social Equity and Information Technologies: Moving toward Information Democracy.

Doctor, Ronald D.

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ERIC Number: EJ481918

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Publication Date: 1992

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Social Equity and Information Technologies: Moving toward Information Democracy.

Doctor, Ronald D.

Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), v27 p43-96 1992

Discussion of information democracy focuses on information technologies and society and on social equity in the distribution and use of information resources. Highlights include relationships between society and technology; concepts of democracy; concepts of social justice and social equity; information needs, sources, and uses; and mass information systems. (Contains 225 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Democracy, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Sources, Information Systems, Information Technology, Information Utilization, Literature Reviews, Power Structure

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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