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1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148). |
Summary |
The research behind this book, carried out by means of field surveys, focuses on five nations in West Africa: two Anglophone - The Gambia and Ghana - and three Francophone - Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. For each country, a portrait of Internet users' ethical behaviours was successfully created. The book demonstrates how the Internet, by virtue of its content and how the technology is uses, is creating upheaval in the practices and modes of communication within African communities. The book culminates with a proposed ethical model for the assimilation of the Internet that could serve as a reference for development policies in each of the respective countries and, more broadly, throughout Africa. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Information society -- Africa, West.
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Information society. |
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West Africa. |
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Internet -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Africa, West.
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Internet -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Internet -- Africa, West.
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Internet. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Tiemtoré, Oumarou.
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Vettraino-Soulard, Marie-Claude.
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Added Title |
Enjeux éthiques d'Internet en Afrique de l'Ouest. English
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Other Form: |
Print version: Brunet, Patrick J. Enjeux éthiques d'Internet en Afrique de l'Ouest. English. Ethics and the Internet in West Africa. Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©2004 1592211623 1592211631 (DLC) 2003025789 (OCoLC)53830916 |
ISBN |
1552500721 (electronic book) |
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9781552500729 (electronic book) |
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1592211623 (paper) |
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9781592211623 (paper) |
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1592211631 (paperback) |
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9781592211630 (paperback) |
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