Illuminating with Broad Appeal. A Book Review of Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital

Authors

Cat McManus, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of EducationFollow

Abstract

The authors of Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital effectively explored the differential formation of information capital stemming from variations in use of technology in two Philadelphia public libraries. The authors argued that equalizing technological resources alone cannot close the digital literacy gap and, further, that this gap contributes to the hardening of class stratification.

Recommended Citation

McManus, C. (2013). Illuminating with Broad Appeal. A Book Review of Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital. Democracy and Education, 21 (1), Article 12.
Available at: https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol21/iss1/12