The digital revolution, a key feature of globalization, has extended the frontiers of the globe with a profound impact on how the world functions and interacts. Access to information and knowledge, facilitated by information and communication technologies (ICTs), has increasingly impacted patterns of learning, cultural expression, and social participation, and has provided opportunities for development. Paradoxically, the information and communication society today is characterized by imbalances and inequalities, christened ...
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The digital revolution, a key feature of globalization, has extended the frontiers of the globe with a profound impact on how the world functions and interacts. Access to information and knowledge, facilitated by information and communication technologies (ICTs), has increasingly impacted patterns of learning, cultural expression, and social participation, and has provided opportunities for development. Paradoxically, the information and communication society today is characterized by imbalances and inequalities, christened as the 'digital divide.' There is a growing concern the world over about the worlds technological haves and have-nots. At the epicenter of this alarm is the expanding chasm between those with and without access to the ICT revolution. In the backdrop of the "World Summit on Information Society" held in Tunisia in November 2005, this volume explores the nature and effects of information and communication technologies with particular emphasis on development programs.
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