New technologies in developing societies
Subtitle: from theory to practice
By: Levi Obijiofor
Series: Palgrave studies in communication for social change
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781137389329
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Technological innovations; Information technology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Description: "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. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. New Technologies And Socioeconomic Development Of Africa; title: 3. Public Service Broadcasting For Economic Growth And Language Development; title: 4. Indigenous Knowledge And Intellectual Property Rights In A New Age; title: 5. The African Public Sphere In The Electronic Era; title: 6. Changing Technologies And Changing Role Of Citizens; title: 7. Tradition Versus Modernity In HIV/AIDS Prevention; title: 8. Ethnographic Research In 'Offline' And Online Worlds; title: 9. Mobile Phones Transforming Public Communication In Africa.