The use of new communication technologies in third world countries: A comparison of perspectives
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Communication Gazette
- Vol. 48 (2) , 69-93
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001654929104800201
Abstract
This essay examines the debate between the mainstream and critical scholars on new communication technologies and Third World development. It concludes that these perspectives, with contrasting epistemological, theoretical, and methodological positions, are incompatible. The writer suggests the construction of a theoretical model of new communica tion technologies and development based on the critical perspective.Keywords
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