CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Codie Award, Bittorrent, Information And Communication Technologies For Development

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Brett Caraway

Document Summary

Flattening: friedman (2005): the world is flat, globalization as interconnecting economies through icts, creative and knowledge sector will define economic prosperity, anyone can equally compete in the market now. Developing: men"s usage is a bit more than women: digital literacy: most of the u. s. is wired, but millions aren"t plugged in. Information and communication technology for development: global policies designed to stimulate economic growth in developing countries through technology: technological leapfrogging: developing countries can effectively skip over certain infrastructures such as wired networks and go straight to mobile. Wsis: world summit on the information society, declaration of principles and beliefs about the information society, summit which seeks to mobilize government, ngos, private sector, and universities to acknowledge icts as central aspect of future global development. Persuasion: media industries have invested massive amounts of money into persuading the public about piracy, siia: initial fears that piracy would stunt industry growth, now: direct fear and scare mongering.