Information Technology, Development, and Social Change [Hardcover]

The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues  along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world  arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization.

Foreword: Beyond the Innovation Divide  Jan Servaes.  Preface.  Acknowledgments  Part 1: Alternative Perspectives on the Diffusion of Innovations and International Development  1. Diffusing the Innovation Divide in International Development: Redressing the Injustices of Modernity  Fay Patel, Giselle Rampersad andPrahalad Sooknanan  2. Reframing the Diffusion of Innovations and International Development Within a Socially Responsible, Just and Sustainable Development Perspective  Fay Patel  3. Empowering Communities: A Holistic Approach for Innovation  Giselle Rampersad  Part 2: Innovative Technology: Impact on Developing Communities  4. Hybridizing Mainstream and Development News: A Development Perspective from Trinidad and Tobago  Anil Goorahoo and Prahalad Sooknanan  5. Diffusing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Equitably Across Gendered Spaces in the 21st Century: Renegotiating the Gendered Space  Fay Patel  6. Entertainment-Education (E-E) and Social Change  Prahalad SooklÓ)