Open AccessSocial Reproduction and its Applicability for Community Informatics
Author(s) -
Lynette Kvasny
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of community informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-4441
DOI - 10.15353/joci.v2i2.2089
Subject(s) - reproduction , information and communications technology , rhetoric , social reproduction , inequality , sociology , social inequality , informatics , public relations , social science , political science , computer science , world wide web , ecology , biology , social capital , linguistics , philosophy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law
Digital divide rhetoric is generally utopian, touting innovative models for collaboration, economic activity, learning, and civic engagement. However, as information and communication technologies (ICT) become more widely available, we cannot naively assume that historically underserved communities are reaping these benefits. Social reproduction theory provides a basis fo understanding how ICT may in fact serve to reproduce, rather than alleviate, inequality.