Networking Peripheries: Technological Futures and the Myth of Digital Universalism
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Networking Peripheries: Technological Futures and the Myth of Digital Universalism
In a world transformed by the widespread use of networked technologies, humanity faces a significant divide between those who can access and use new technologies and those who cannot, counterbalancing the considerable opportunities that are being created in new economic sectors.
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