Google and the digital divide the bias of online knowledge
Beneficial to scholars and students in the fields of media and communication, politics and technology, this book outlines the significant role of search engines in general and Google in particular in widening the digital divide between individuals, organisations and states. It uses innovative method...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, U.K.
Chandos Pub.
2010
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| Series: | Chandos internet series
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Beneficial to scholars and students in the fields of media and communication, politics and technology, this book outlines the significant role of search engines in general and Google in particular in widening the digital divide between individuals, organisations and states. It uses innovative methods and research approaches to assess and illustrate the digital divide by comparing the popular search queries in Google and Yahoo in different countries as well as analysing the various biases in Google News and Google Earth. The different studies developed and presented in this book provide various |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1780631782 9781780631783 9781306206006 1306206006 184334565X |