This volume contains contributions from an international array of scholars and provides a global analysis of theoretical approaches to social inequalities as they relate to media and communication, including critical discussions of class and gender analyses and discourses on capitalism and communication technology.

Edited by Jan Servaes and Toks Oyedemi - Contributions by Leo Van Audenhove; Debra M. Clarke; Banu Durdag; Nova M. Gordon-Bell; Rob Heyman; Ilse Mariën; Glenn W. Muschert; Kala Ortwein; Toks Oyedemi; Massimo Ragnedda; Sarah Rowe; Ruth Sanz Sabido; Koen Sa

Introduction: Is In/Equality Thinkable?, Toks Oyedemi and Jan Servaes
Part I: In Search of the Theoretical Roots for a Study of Social Inequalities and Communication
Chapter 1: Framing Social and Digital Inequalities: A Structuralist, Culturalist, and Post-modernist Theoretical Review, Toks Oyedemi
Chapter 2: Theorizing Digital Divides and Digital Inequalities, Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn W. Muschert
Chapter 3: North-South "Miscommunication" about "Sustainable Development" and Social Change: Contributions from Postcolonial and Decolonial Theories, Eunice Castro Seixas
Chapter 4: Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis, Ruth Sanz Sabido
Part II: Class Analysis of Media and Culture
Chapter 5: Class and Gender Inequalities in the Process of Political Communication: Canadian Illustrations, Debra M. Clarke
Chapter 6: Black Anglophone Oligarchy in Jamaica: An Alliance of Media and State, Nova M. Gordon-Bell
Chapter 7: Media Representation of Class Issues in Turkey: A Review on Media Coverage of Work-Related Rights, A. Fulya Sen and Y. Furkan Sen
Part III: Technology and Inequalities
Chapter 8: Creating the Myth of Better Future: Technological Determinism and Reproducing Social Inequalities, Banu Durdä
Chapter 9: Digital by Default: Consequences, Casualties and Coping Strategies, Ilse Mariën, Rob Heyman, Koen Salemink, and Leo Van Audenhove
Chapter 10: From Racial Capitalism to Democratic Capitalism: History of Inequalities in South Africa and Access to Communication Technologies, Toks Oyedemi
Part IV: From Theory to Praxis (and Vice Versa)
Chapter 11: Reform and Vulnerability: Parsing Out the Cyclical Relationship of Praxis and Theory, Kala Ortwein, Sarah Rowe, and Olga Shapovalova
Annex 1: Personal Resources: At-risk Indicators and Characteristics of Social and Digital Exclusion
Annex 2: Social Resources: At-risk Indicators and Characteristics of Social and Digital Exclusion
Annex 3: Cultural Resources: At-risk Indicators and Characteristics of Social and Digital Exclusion
Annex 4: Economic Resources: At-risk Indicators and Characteristics of Social and Digital Exclusion
Annex 5: Political Resources: At-risk Indicators and Characteristics of Social and Digital Exclusion