"those wishing to use new ICTs for the benefit of those truly at the bottom of the global social and economic hierarchy need to re–construct the nature of the digital divide as a policy issue, to frame it as more than access, skills, or even content, but rather as part of a challenge to the global order itself so that solutions to the problem consciously tilt the balance of benefits away from those already privileged (information capital, the state, and the development industry) towards those currently excluded from not only new information and communication technology, but the basic requirements of a dignified human existence."
Ken Jarboe
At 06:46 PM 8/11/2004, you wrote:
Taran raises an interesting point: who loses because there is a digital divide. I would like to hear his answer. Here is a first attempt from me.
The people who lose the most are the very poor in the country. Yes, even developing countries have a poor and not so poor class. These poor have little access to education or health care in the current situation, things that could be improved greatly if both the hardware AND software were available. I believe it is possible to provide these. If you would like to see an outline of a book explaining this, please let me know.
Alfred Bork
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science University of California, Irvine www.ics.uci.edu/~bork
book with Sigrun Gunnarsdottir Tutorial Distance Learning - Kluwer
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:digitaldivide- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taran Rampersad > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:52 AM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Subject: Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Who benefits from the digital divide? (fwd) > > acarvin wrote: > > > From First Monday, by way of the UNDP... -ac > > > > Who benefits from the digital divide? > > New information and communication technologies are seen as a potent > > source of advancement for many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin > > America and have increasingly featured as topics of discussion in > > international fora. Who benefits from the rapid rise of this issue on > > the international agenda? This article argues that the promotion of > > the digital divide as a policy issue benefits four major groups: > > information capital, developing country governments, the development > > "industry," and global civil society. > > http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=6756&do=gpage > > > > > > Andy Carvin > > acarvin @ edc.org > > I've read this article... and have spent a lot of time thinking about > it, not because of what it says - but rather, what it doesn't say. While > it is important to understand who profits from the Digital Divide, I > think it is equally important who Loses from the Digital Divide. > > "For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force" > - Newton > > If one reads the article carefully, there's a lot that a thinking person > can surmise. > > -- > Taran Rampersad > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.knowprose.com > http://www.easylum.net > http://www.worldchanging.com > http://www.fsc.cc > http://www.a42.com > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
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