Controlling Knowledge: Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World

Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking an...

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Main Author: Lorna Stefanick (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2011
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