Development at any cost: ICTs and people's participation in South Africa
Simon Burton · Communicatio · 2002
Extracted from text ... Development at any cost : ICTs and people's participation in South Africa Simon Burton 1 INTRODUCTION In the South African context, the greatest challenge to a participatory communication approach lies in the rapid elevation of new communications and informa- tion technologies (ICTs) to a status well beyond their demonstrable effectiveness. There is no denying the significance of these new technologies in the eco- nomic infrastructure of the country, and their un- doubted contribution to economic development, but they have installed themselves in a society which has the following characteristics: . High levels of poverty for the majority of the ..