To know or not to know: A moral reflection on information poverty

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-204

  Britz, Johannes J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access to information; Access to technology; Digital divide; Ethics; Information poverty; Information society; Social exclusion; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ETHICS; INFORMATION POVERTY; INFORMATION SOCIETY; SOCIAL EXCLUSIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142568831     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551504044666     Document Type: Review

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