The book argues ICT are part of the set of goods and services that determine quality of life, social inequality and the chances for economic development. Therefore understanding the digital divide demands a broader discussion of the place of ICT within each society and in the international system. The author argues against the perspectives that either isolates ICT from other basic social goods (in particular education and employment) as well as those that argue that new technologies are luxury of a consumer society. Though the author accepts that new technologies are not a panacea for the problems of inequality, access to them become a condition of full integration of social life. Using examples mainly from Latin America, the work presents some general policy proposals on the fight against the digital divide which take in consideration other dimensions of social inequality and access to public goods.
Bernardo Sorj was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a naturalized Brazilian, living in Brazil since 1976. He studied anthropology and philosophy in Uruguay, and holds a B.A. and an M.A. in History and Sociology from Haifa University, Israel. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Manchester in England. Sorj was a professor at the Department of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and at the Institute for International Relations, PUC/RJ. The author of 20 books and more than 100 articles, was visiting professor and chair at many European and North American universities...
Building Digital Societies as Ecosystems: How Recognition and Repeat Relationships Sustain Cross-Community Work in Open Source
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Social Media Informatics for Sustainable Cities and Societies: An Overview of the Applications, associated Challenges, and Potential Solutions
Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ajou University Suwon South Korea；Munster Technological University Cork Ireland；Department of Electronics \& Communication Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College Sivakasi India；Department of Software；Computer Engineering, Ajou University Suwon South Korea , Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ajou University Suwon South Korea；Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ajou University；Munster Technological University；Department of Electronics \& Communication Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College；Computer Engineering, Ajou University
Bridging the Digital Divide: Small Language Models as a Pathway for Physics and Photonics Education in Underdeveloped Regions
LLM venture（LLM创业公司）；Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light（马克斯·普朗克光科学研究所）；Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg（埃尔兰根-纽伦堡弗里德里希-亚历山大大学）
ChatGPT Needs SPADE (Sustainability, PrivAcy, Digital divide, and Ethics) Evaluation: A Review
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The PIMMUR Principles: Ensuring Validity in Collective Behavior of LLM Societies
Chinese University of Hong Kong（香港中文大学）；Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学）；Carnegie Mellon University（卡内基梅隆大学）；Fudan University（复旦大学）；Stanford University（斯坦福大学）；Renmin University of China（中国人民大学）
AmarDoctor: An AI-Driven, Multilingual, Voice-Interactive Digital Health Application for Primary Care Triage and Patient Management to Bridge the Digital Health Divide for Bengali Speakers
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Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte（北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校贝尔克商学院）；Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington（华盛顿大学迈克尔·G·福斯特商学院）；Freeman School of Business, Tulane University（杜兰大学弗里曼商学院）
Data Flows and Colonial Regimes in Africa: A Critical Analysis of the Colonial Futurities Embedded in AI Ecosystems
University of Witwatersrand（威特沃特斯兰德大学）；Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences at Humboldt University（柏林洪堡大学柏林社会科学研究生院）；Centre for Epistemic Justice（认知正义中心）；University of Pretoria（比勒陀利亚大学）；Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology（乔莫·肯雅塔农业科技大学）
