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________________ Vargas' summery, access can be viewed as: peoples' opportunities and abilities to use communication systems; to receive messages of their choice and to have a range of selections; and to be able to interact with programs' producers by giving feed back, such as criticisms. Participation means the audience's direct participation in production of messages/programs/texts and involvement in the management of communication systems. The last term, selfmanagement was viewed as the "highest level of participation, implying complete control of production and management. The advent of increasingly widespread use of the Internet in many parts of the developed world has added a new outlook to the definitions of access and participation. As opposed to having access to a television or a radio, access to the Internet truly begins to fulfill these definitions. While being able to allow everyone in a community to create their own programming for local TV and radio stations is technically problematic due to time, revenue, space and technical limitations, access to a wide range of Internet technologies implies that users can receive email from all over the world; can send messages to government officials, web sites authors, friends, strangers, etc; can publish their own creative expressions and thoughts on personal or group web pages (self-management); and can access more information than from anywhere else in the world. When you consider the potential benefits of individuals and groups having access to the Internet, the implications are that this form of participation might not only imply psychological empowerment (participation as a goal) and the potential for group empowerment as a means, but also liberation from marginality. Thus, use of the Internet implies the type of integral participation through access and self-management that many development and cultural scholars insist are vital to individual and group empowerment. John Wesleyarticulated this ethic as: Work as hard as you can! Save as much as you can! Give as much as you can! The IT Empowerment Initiative will focus on building awareness, skill matching, and opportunities for women and girls in high growth IT careers. The Initiative will also work to identify and remove obstacles that prevent women and girls from entering or staying on such a path.Sources quat Mall 344-fcH4, 2003 - - 111 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 524617 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2003 10 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2003 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 6 MB |