When developing countries move from dictatorship to democracy the intent is to move from State controlled communications and information sharing, to open and free decentralised debate. Policy formulation moves from a centralised one to a participatory one. Citizens, private and public, need to become more tolerant and respectful of the social and economic need of others. Public servants need to replace a paternal, controlling view of government with one that respects specialist interests. Citizens need to start taking responsibility for initiating reform. / Developing countries also need to think strategically about new communication and information technologies (C&IT) as an economic and social development issue. Placing their nation appropriately in the global C&IT industry supply chain is a major policy issue, which countries like India, Singapore and the USA, have recognised. This is despite it being a particularly messy policy issue given the rapidly changing form of C&IT. Koreas past specialisation in the area of childrens games, for example, is turning into a significant advantage in military and medical applications. However, C&IT is not only about gadgets and calculating machines. C&IT is about communicating, learning and sharing information. A democracy cannot take its place in the global economy without the assistance of emails, web pages, chat rooms, Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) and other multimedia/two-way communications. For example, farmers deciding what to grow and how to grow it, need to share and access information on world markets, weather trends etc, quickly and globally so that they can make informed decisions. / Thesis (PhDBusinessandManagement)--University of South Australia, 2006.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/267274 |
| Creators | Joham, Carmen. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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