Synthesis essay
Digital (In)equality and Politics: Can Technology Change the World?
electronic device in history. Some 80 percent of the global population is within range of a cell tower, and mobile phones are increasingly seen in the poorest, remotest communities. These numbers prompt suggestions that there is no longer a “digital divide,’ for real-time communication. Yet any demographic account of mobile have-nots will show them to be predominantly poor, remote, female’ and politically mute. Whatever the case, if the spread of mobile ph°i’s is sufficient to help end global Poverty, we will know soon enough•’ But if ir doesn’t, should we then pin our hopes on the next new shiny gadget?
The post Can Technology Change the World? appeared first on Essay Lane.
