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...
| Published in: | Futurist Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 12 - 14 |
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World Future Society
Nov/Dec2011
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| Summary: | 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 Studies in the U.S., says cell phones present a lower barrier to entry to low-income minority or older people. She urges government agencies to make more information about their own operations Internet-accessible. |
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