Recife / London Borough / Naples / Buenos Aires / Geneva / Okinawa / Davos / Brussels / /
Company
Hewlett Packard / Andersen Consulting / Enron / Accenture / ICT / Information Administration / Development Outreach / Cisco Systems / Bangemann Group / /
Continent
America / Europe / Africa / /
Country
South Africa / Japan / Brazil / United Kingdom / India / United States / Switzerland / /
Currency
USD / cent / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
West Georgia State College / University of East London’s Department / Cultural Studies University of East London / /
IndustryTerm
communication technology / communications technologies / personal telephone / communication technologies / train technology teachers / online magazine / feasible solution / telecommunications policy / telecommunications / computing / communication networks / normative policy tools / conferencia satellite / technologies / technology training / e-school and other applications / technology revolution / telecommunications firms / Internet technology monopoly / integrated technology / healthcare / normative policy tool / widespread media / electricity / advertising budgets / community technology centres / health care systems / open access to networks / /
Organization
Swiss police / US Department of Commerce / US government / White House’s office of Science and Technology / National Telecommunications and Information Administration / International Telecommunications Union / United States Agency for International Development / University of East London’s Department of Innovation Studies / Digital Opportunities Task Force / Clinton administration / G7 / European Commission / European Council / Global Information Society / European Union / Information Infrastructure Task Force / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / Information Society / G8 / Georgia State College / US administration / DOT Force / School of Social Sciences / UN Economic Commission for Africa / Davos World Economic Forum / UN General Assembly / Congress / University of East London / White House / World Bank / US Markle Foundation / United Nations / Central Office / United Nations Development Fund / DOT-COM Alliance / National Economic Council / Congressional Clearing House on the Future / Democrats / /
Person
Macluhan / Alvaro de Miranda / Clinton / Bill Gates / Geoff Metcalf / John Chambers / Pascal Couchepin / Alvin Toffler / Christian Socialist / Al Gore / Tony Blair / Neelamma / Martin Bangemann / Newt Gingrich / Nathaniel Hawthorne / Nicholas Negroponte / Jacques Delors / Don Tapscott / Zoe Baird / /
Position
President of Internet technology monopoly / Prime Minister / President / Spokesperson Service / professor / Representative / Attorney-General / Vice-President / Secretary-General / neo-conservative talk-show host / Senator / Secretary of State for Commerce / Commissioner / writer / Chair / Marshal / Secretary -General / Republican Speaker / Clinton’s Vice-President / European Commissioner / /
Product
Information Age / /
ProvinceOrState
Andhra Pradesh / /
PublishedMedium
the Information Society / /
Region
West Georgia / /
Technology
information technologies / Information Technology / communications technologies / communication technology / digital camera / integrated technology / communication technologies / telecommuting / previously separate technologies / /
Technological Determinism and Ideology: Questioning the ‘Information Society’ and the ‘Digital Divide’* Alvaro de Miranda** Preamble: The research for this chapter was prompted by an event in 2002 involving a rec