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ERIC Number: EJ533107
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
The Information Superhighway and Post-modernity: The Social Promise and the Social Price.
Kenway, Jane
Comparative Education, v32 n2 p217-31 Jun 1996
Examines the social and cultural implications of the converging technologies known as the Information Superhighway. Draws together arguments from key commentators and critics to identify possibilities and potential dangers related to quality of life, social justice, and politics. Aims to help educators move beyond current instrumental perspectives (technology as a resource). Contains 35 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Capitalism, Criticism, Internet, Internet, Life Style, Mass Media Effects, Postmodernism, Quality of Life, Social Change, Social Stratification, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Information Economy
Note: Special number 18 with the theme "Comparative Education and Post-modernity."