Surfing the knowledge wave: Access for Caribbean development
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society
ISSN: 1477-996X
Article publication date: 1 May 2003
Abstract
For the 15 member states of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to join and to introduce a measure of equity to the emergent global information society, they must be able to manage and exploit digital communication networks, technologies, products and services in ways that nurture and advance Caribbean knowledge, culture and development. This requires a type of digital access to the new telecommunication infrastructures these small developing countries as yet have been unable to attain. As a consequence, this paper develops a six‐layered model of societal access that includes physical, financial, cognitive, secure, administrative and operational components, and argues that in the absence of all of these layers functioning together, less advanced economies like those in the Caricom grouping cannot begin to build local innovation, foster knowledge creation and advocate increased equity in the evolving networked society.
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Citation
Babb, A.C. (2003), "Surfing the knowledge wave: Access for Caribbean development", Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 71-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/14779960380000227
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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