UNESCO, ICT corporations and the passion of ICT for development: modernization resurrected Export

@article{citeulike:5961454, abstract = {This article critically examines the partnerships between ICT (information and communication technology) corporations, focusing on Microsoft, and UNESCO. These partnerships are situated within the information society discourse and within the trend of increased private sector cooperation in the United Nations system. The ICT for development' paradigm, which is seen as the conceptual linchpin of these cooperative activities, is considered to be a new version of the modernization paradigm. It is argued that, in many ways, UNESCO's partnerships with ICT corporations and its ethical approach of the information society/knowledge societies, turn a blind eye to structural political, economic and political economic inequalities. This ignorance is then related to UNESCO's turbulent history regarding the questioning of inequities in communication, media and information. 10.1177/0163443707081711}, author = {Leye, Veva}, citeulike-article-id = {5961454}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443707081711}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/29/6/972.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/29/6/972.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0163443707081711}, journal = {Media Culture Society}, keywords = {communication, corporation, development, ethics, ict, informaction, microsoft, partnership, technology, unesco}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {972--993}, posted-at = {2009-10-18 18:28:44}, priority = {2}, title = {UNESCO, ICT corporations and the passion of ICT for development: modernization resurrected}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443707081711}, volume = {29}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5961454 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5961454 N2 - This article critically examines the partnerships between ICT (information and communication technology) corporations, focusing on Microsoft, and UNESCO. These partnerships are situated within the information society discourse and within the trend of increased private sector cooperation in the United Nations system. The ICT for development' paradigm, which is seen as the conceptual linchpin of these cooperative activities, is considered to be a new version of the modernization paradigm. It is argued that, in many ways, UNESCO's partnerships with ICT corporations and its ethical approach of the information society/knowledge societies, turn a blind eye to structural political, economic and political economic inequalities. This ignorance is then related to UNESCO's turbulent history regarding the questioning of inequities in communication, media and information. 10.1177/0163443707081711 IS - 6 JF - Media Culture Society EP - 993 TI - UNESCO, ICT corporations and the passion of ICT for development: modernization resurrected VL - 29 SP - 972 KW - communication KW - corporation KW - development KW - ethics KW - ict KW - informaction KW - microsoft KW - partnership KW - technology KW - unesco AU - Leye, Veva PY - 2007/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443707081711 ER -