I am planning to do a literature review with one main overiding question namely does the advent of modern communication technologies change existing power structures for the better. I want to look at two things to help answer this question. The first is the use of ICTs in developing countries to help people come out of poverty and to leapfrog development. The other is the use of the net in collective movements for democracy etc around the world. I already have several sources for the first aspect of this paper some of which come from the MIT press journal on information technology and development.
I hope that the two points for this paper are not too broad although the intent is to answer the same overarching question from two perspectives and maybe do a comparison of effectiveness between them.
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It sounds like you have a solid direction for your paper, good. I'm not terribly familiar with the literature in either area that you mention, but I suspect that you will find plenty to do a review in one or the other. Also, though both areas are very interesting, they seem to go a bit in different directions, and I'm concerned how nicely they would dovetail for a lit review - at least, given the scope of a class paper. You'll have a better sense after looking at some articles, but I might suggest choosing one perspective to examine for this paper.
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