Open AccessInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) as a source of development of states and regions in the age of globalization
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Bógdał-Brzezińska
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of geography, politics and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-2249
pISSN - 2084-0497
DOI - 10.26881/jpgs.2020.1.03
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , globalization , information society , digital divide , diversity (politics) , digital era , information technology , political science , data science , computer science , world wide web , the internet , law
The article presents the current evolution of the global information society and the problem of digital divide. An additional category is globalization, which has been presented as an accelerator for the development of a global information society. The role of ICT in filling the development gap between regions of the world was identified on the basis of the UN classification. The concept of “digital divide” was introduced as a synonym for a new kind of development gap between the rich North and the poor South, and analysis of data from UN publications showed a constant high diversity of the global information society, which is clearly regionalized.