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Presentation
Digital Ethics in Bridging Digital Divide
24th Annual BILETA Conference: "To Infinity and Beyond: Law and Technology in Harmony?" (2009)
  • Subhajit Basu, Queen's University Belfast
Abstract

Our information society is creating parallel systems: one for those with income, education and literacy connections, giving plentiful information at low cost and high speed: the other are those without connections, blocked by high barriers of time, cost and uncertainty and dependent upon outdated information. Hence it can be expressed the DD is nothing but a reflection of social divide. The question is what is the best strategy to construct an information society that is ethically sound? Most people have the views that ICT and underlying ideologies are neutral. This Technology has become so much naturalized that it can no longer be viewed as anything other than being useful, even when it has the potential to change profoundly the critical developmental priorities of a country.

Keywords
  • Digital divide disempowers,
  • Cyber-colonialism,
  • Bridging the Divide,
  • Digital Ethics
Publication Date
Spring April 22, 2009
Citation Information
Subhajit Basu. "Digital Ethics in Bridging Digital Divide" 24th Annual BILETA Conference: "To Infinity and Beyond: Law and Technology in Harmony?" (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/subhajitbasu/49/