The Myths of Technology Innovation and Inequality

The Editors: Judith Burnett is Associate Dean in the School of Social Sciences at the University of East London. Her research explores social change, particularly in the area of lifecourse, cohorts, and generations. She has published in the area of generations and social theory, and the emergence of thirty-something as an age based identity and generational experience.
Peter Senker is Visiting Professor at the University of East London. He initiated and co-edited the book Technology and In/Equality: Questioning the Information Society. He has published widely including (with Rodrigo Arocena) ‘Technology, Inequality and Underdevelopment: The Case of Latin America’ in the Journal of Science, Technology and Human Values.
Kathy Walker is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of East London. Her research interests include the development of new communication technologies, media policy and regulation, and public service broadcasting. She has published in these areas.