L. Obijiofor

New Technologies in Developing Societies: From Theory to Practice - Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change L. Obijiofor

Marc Notes: 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. --; Provided by publisher. Biographical Note: Levi Obijiofor (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. His research focuses on the impact of technologies on journalistic practices, foreign news reporting across cultures, journalism education, and the impact of technologies on developing countries. He teaches journalism and communication courses. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. New Technologies And Socioeconomic Development Of Africa3. Public Service Broadcasting For Economic Growth And Language Development4. Indigenous Knowledge And Intellectual Property Rights In A New Age5. The African Public Sphere In The Electronic Era6. Changing Technologies And Changing Role Of Citizens 7. Tradition Versus Modernity In HIV/AIDS Prevention8. Ethnographic Research In 'Offline' And Online Worlds9. Mobile Phones Transforming Public Communication In AfricaPublisher Marketing: New technologies may have transformed human societies, but not much has been written on how they are impacting people in Africa and other developing regions, in terms of how they use technology to enhance their socioeconomic conditions in everyday life. This book critically examines these issues from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives.