Digital India : understanding information, communication, and social change / Pradip Ninan Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Pradip.

Series:

Shastri Collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Economic aspects--India.

Information technology.

Digital media--Social aspects--India.

Digital media.

Social change--India.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 205 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Digital India' is a case study-based, critical introduction to the theory and practice of the digital in social change. The volume offers an entry point into an understanding of the contested nature of the digital in India via an analysis of theory and practice.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; 1 - An Introduction to the Digital Moment in India; Section 1: Information Technology in a Liberalised Economy; 2 - The Software Industry in India; 3 - Mobile Phones in India: Issues Related to Access and Use; Section 2: Government 1.0 and Information Technology; 4 - Telecommunications and Universal Service Obligations in India; 5 - A Critique of ICTs in Development; Section 3: Government 2.0 and Information Technology; 6 - E-Government, E-Governance and Governmentality

7 - Intellectual Property Conundrums and the State in the Era of the Digital8 - Public Sector Software in India; Section 4: Contested Information Technology; 9 - Piracy in the Contested City: Access, Distribution and Equity; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613888068

9788132116851

8132116852

9788132114017

8132114019

9781283575614

1283575612

9788132110798

813211079X

OCLC:

808372553