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    1. Democracy@internet.asia? The challenges to the emancipatory potential of the net: lessons from China and Malaysia

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Abbott, Jason P. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2001-02
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26353
    Journal Title:
    Third World Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    22(1) : 99-114
    Notes:
    "While the net may provide a new medium for dissent and opposition, its impact is offset by two principal factors." Factors cited include the digital divide and growing commercialism.

    2. KNOWNET Initiative works to promote sharing of local knowledge through Internet

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2001-01-24
    Published:
    International: International Center New Forests Project, United Nations Development Programme.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23485
    Journal Title:
    ENDEVORNNET ASIA
    Journal Title Details:
    1(2) : 6-7
    Notes:
    Environment and Development Organization News and Networking, Asia Edition., Describes the KNOWNETInitiative, an effort to promote sharing of local knowledge through the Internet. Information about the Initiative can be found at: http://www.knownet.org

    5. The global information infrastructure: empowerment or imperialism?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Main, Linda (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2001-02
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26351
    Journal Title:
    Third World Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    22(1) : 83-97
    Notes:
    Examines issues of connectivity, language and content of the internet. Concludes that "in reality the internet concentrates economic activity and power more narrowly in one group. As a result there is a real risk that we are moving towards a two-tier technology society that perpetuates the old distinctions between North and South."

    6. The role of telecenters in development communication and the digital divide

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Rogers, Everett M. (author) and Shukla, Patibha (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2001-12
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27928
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Development Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    12(2)
    Notes:
    Via online. 6 pages.