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Cyberpath to Development in Asia Issues and Challenges
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Foreword by Everett M. Rogers
Book Code: C6931
ISBN: 0-275-96931-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96931-8
218 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2001
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Many Asian countries are achieving remarkable success in closing what researchers call "the digital divide" between developing and developed nations, while others continue to struggle. This collection of essays sheds light on the various ways in which the Internet has been seen in Asia. As we continue to debate new paradigms of research and development in the digital era, where innovations and convergences are the norm, this book fills an urgent need, revealing how the technological revolution has spread, and is spreading, throughout diverse nations. Chapters on the United States and Japan offer a sort of yardstick by which to measure and compare the diffusion and the impact of the Internet in other Asian countries, including China, Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. Appealing to readers interested in the development of the Asian region, technological innovation, and international communication, Cyberpath to Development in Asia offers an acute study of how a global phenomenon continues to manifest itself in a crucial part of the globe.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword by Everett M. Rogers
  • Introduction: Cyberpath to Development in Some Asian Countries by Sandhya Rao
  • The Role of the United States in Global Internet Innovation and Diffusion by Bruce C. Klopfenstein
  • The Internet in Japan by Yuji Mori and Vir Phoha
  • Let a Hundred Modems Bloom: The Internet in Today's China by Bruce T. McIntyre
  • The Skills Route to Cyberspace: India's Internet Experience by Sandhya Rao
  • The Engine for the Next Economic Leap: Internet in Korea by Steve Kang
  • The Internet in Malaysia by Musa Bin Abu Hassan
  • Wiring an Intelligent Island: The Internet in Singapore by Peng Hwa Ang and Brian Lee
  • Taiwan: Epicenter in the Hi-Tech world by Zenaida Sarabia Panol and Sandhya Rao
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001032926
LCC Class: HN655
Dewey Class: 303
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