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New technologies in developing societies : from theory to practice /

"New Technologies in Developing Societies examines critically, and from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives how new technologies are transforming day-to-day human activities in Africa and other developing regions. In particular it addresses how technologies are harnessed to enhance s...

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Main Authors: Obijiofor, Levi (Author)
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in communication for social change
Subjects:
Information technology > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Information technology > Social aspects > Developing countries.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Technological innovations > Social aspects > Developing countries.
AIDS (Disease) > Prevention > Technological innovations > Africa.
Communication and technology > Africa.
Summary: "New Technologies in Developing Societies examines critically, and from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives how new technologies are transforming day-to-day human activities in Africa and other developing regions. In particular it addresses how technologies are harnessed to enhance socioeconomic conditions, and how people use technologies to empower themselves and to foster a strong deliberative democracy. It also studies how they deal with the challenges that new technologies pose to the protection of intellectual property rights of indigenous people, and the struggles between tradition and modernity in the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign."--
Carrier Form: xii, 295 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-280) and index.
ISBN: 9781137389329 (hardback) :
113738932X (hardback)
Index Number: HC59
CLC: G202-05
G20-05
Call Number: G20-05/O127
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. New Technologies And Socioeconomic Development Of Africa -- 3. Public Service Broadcasting For Economic Growth And Language Development -- 4. Indigenous Knowledge And Intellectual Property Rights In A New Age -- 5. The African Public Sphere In The Electronic Era -- 6. Changing Technologies And Changing Role Of Citizens -- 7. Tradition Versus Modernity In HIV/AIDS Prevention -- 8. Ethnographic Research In 'Offline' And Online Worlds -- 9. Mobile Phones Transforming Public Communication In Africa.

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