Google and the digital divide : the bias of online knowledge /
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| Author / Creator: | Segev, Elad. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford, U.K. : Chandos Pub., 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Chandos internet series Chandos internet series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230243 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Google and the DigitalDivide: The bias of online knowledge; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; About the author; Acknowledgments; Preface; The digital divide and online information; US dominance and global communications; Internet commercialisation; On bias and monopoly of knowledge; Search engines and the digital divide; The structure of the book; Boundaries and limitations of scope; Notes; 1 Power, communication and the internet; Communication and power; The emergence of the internet; The various faces of the digital divide; The online knowledge/power nexus.
- The emergence of the information societyThe power of interfaces; 'Informational politics' online; Conclusion; Notes; 2 The structure and power of search engines; A short history of information search; The challenge of the deep web; The challenge of the internet infrastructure; Information protection and digital 'islands'; Interest/internet conflicts; Control over informational commons; The European answer; The long tail of search engines; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Google and the politics of online searching; Google's big idea; Google's search engine mechanism; Google's customised search.
- Google's additional servicesGoogle Scholar; Google Translate; Google's global control by local use; Reinforcing online allegiance; Online manipulation and punishment; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Users and uses of Google's information; Methodology; Data sources; A cross-national comparison; Main classification system; Reliability of coding: the hidden intention; Economic and political value index; Variety of uses; Specificity of search index; Extent of locality; Initial predictions; Results and analysis; Summary and discussion; Notes; 5 Mass media channels and the world of Google News.
- Online transformation of media and newsCommercial motives and their implications; Google World News; Dominant online states; International concern; International network; The language dimension; Summary and conclusion; Notes; 6 Google's global mapping; Google Earth and Google Maps; Biases in scope; The national security dimension; Summary and discussion; Notes; 7 Conclusion; The importance of information and communication; The power of the search engine; 'Googling' and the politics of online search; Information uses in Google and Yahoo!; The world of Google News; The bias of Google mapping.
- The impact of popularisation mechanismsThe future of search engines; From personal advisers to global advertisers; The future of the information society; Notes; 8 Epilogue; Appendix A: Search engines statistics; Share of searches in the USA; Share of searches worldwide; Appendix B: Data for statistic analysis; Countries in dataset; Percentage of online users; Categories and subcategories; Global uses of online information; Information uses in different countries; Notes; Bibliography; Index.