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Tar, Usman A. (2010) Coming to terms with a wired world? Challenges of information technology in the developing world. Information, society and justice journal, 3 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1756-1078
In spite of the frenzy regarding the benefits and blessings of globalisation and information technology, it is premature to assume that there is equality in access to technology and attendant opportunities. It is equally premature to pretend that all countries are beneficiaries and, therefore, there are no victims of the globalisation. This is particularly true of developing world which is largely lagging behind in the so-called "digital divide". In this paper and the articles presented in the present Volume of Information, Society and Justice, it is argued that a number of challenges bedevil the desire by developing countries to enjoy equal access to the opportunities of globalisation and information technology. It is also argued that both globalisation and information technology reproduce and reinforce global inequality and hierarchy dominated by specific parts of the world.
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