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The role of Discourse in ICT for Development (Paperback)
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The role of Discourse in ICT for Development (Paperback)
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This book presents the findings of an interdisciplinary study which
attempted to understand the role and implications of 'discourse' in
the implementation of various Information and communication
technologies (ICTs) for development initiatives in Jamaica using a
Critical Discourse Analysis Methodology. Discourse, the unit of
analysis, is an emerging buzzword in the social sciences and
humanities today. The inclusion of discourse as a unit of analysis
in various disciplines and, the use of several discourse analysis
methodologies as discursive deconstructive tools, have proven to be
a valuable way of understanding social, political and economic life
within these disciplines. Discourse, however, has not been properly
introduced to the Information and Communication Technology for
Development space. This book attempts to correct this oversight. 'A
highly original work'Professor Ziauddin Sardar, Editor, Futures,
Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies, the City University,
London. 'Lloyd Waller brilliantly shows how critical discourse
analysis can be employed to uncover the worldviews and underlying
assumptions about the links between technology and modernization
among development actors from the international to the grassroots
level.' Professor Suzanne Schech, Director, Centre for Development
Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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