Connecting People to Their Governments.

The article reports on the growing role of cell phones and other handheld devices for Internet access in empowering disadvantaged communities and enhancing democracy. Nicol Turner-Lee, vice president and director of the Media and Technology Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic St...

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Published in:Futurist Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 12 - 14
Main Author: Docksai, Rick
Format: Article
Published: World Future Society Nov/Dec2011
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