Open AccessThe Third World and the paradox of the digital revolution
Author(s) -
Mohammed Mesbahi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international review of information ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-5638
DOI - 10.29173/irie6
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , humanism , utopia , democracy , digital revolution , digital era , digital divide , aesthetics , third world , political science , sociology , epistemology , social science , law , history , philosophy , psychology , information and communications technology , economic history , the internet , computer science , social psychology , politics , world wide web
We, the people of the Third World, greeted the revolution in information technology with great enthusiasm, perceiving it as the harbinger of an equalitarian and democratic society and the encapsulation of a new humanism. The question is whether or not this new utopia has effectively brought an end to the great divide regarding access to information and knowledge.