Even though young people are at the forefront of the information revolution, at the same time they are confronted with the challenge of reconciling the reality of their daily existence with the popular images presented by that revolution. For many young people, the sphere of experience has become global and local at once. Young people may develop a global consciousness yet still have to function and survive in their own locality and culture. At the same time, many young people, particularly in developing countries, are excluded from this information revolution, left on the wrong side of the digital divide. A fundamental question about how ICT and the digital divide relate to the process of global development is not about technology or politics: it is about reconciling global and local practices. The challenge is to give culturally valid meaning to the use of new technologies.
Even though young people are at the forefront of the information revolution, at the same time they are confronted with the challenge of reconciling the reality of their daily existence with the popular images presented by that revolution. For many young people, the sphere of experience has become global and local at once. Young people may develop a global consciousness yet still have to function and survive in their own locality and culture. At the same time, many young people, particularly in developing countries, are excluded from this information revolution, left on the wrong side of the digital divide. A fundamental question about how ICT and the digital divide relate to the process of global development is not about technology or politics: it is about reconciling global and local practices. The challenge is to give culturally valid meaning to the use of new technologies.
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