New communication technologies in developing countries
Title By: Hanson, Jarice [Edited by] | Narula, Uma [Edited by]
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BookSeries: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2016.Description: xi, 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781138977020Subject(s): Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- Developing counties | Information technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 303.4833091724 NE WC Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 303.4833091724 NE WC (Browse shelf) | Available | T0055308 |
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| 303.4833 TH TE Technobiophilia : | 303.4833 WI DI Digital literacy : | 303.483309 FA IN The internet of elsewhere : | 303.4833091724 NE WC New communication technologies in developing countries | 303.4833095 AC CE Access contested : | 303.48330951 QI WO Working-class network society : | 303.48330954 SE DI Digital politics and culture in contemporary India : |
Contents: Introduction: Technology in Developing Countries. The Power of Information Technology. Theories and Applications of Information Technologies. India: A Case Study. India's Border Nations, ASEAN, and Pacific Communities: Case Studies. Latin America: A Case Study. Arab Nations: A Case Study. Conclusions and Recommendations.
This volume explores how a number of developing countries -- including India, Malaysia, Columbia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia -- are responding to the pressures of the information society. Infrastructural development, policies, and social systems are investigated, and models of information technologies and society are proposed in order to better reference the differences and similarities among the nations profiled. The authors identify the social technology perspective via the assimilation of technology in lifestyles and social systems. From this perspective, the diffusion of technologies is anal...