The New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT): Comparative Experiences and Present Disparities

If the title of this work refers to ‘the politics of the Internet,’ this is a somewhat metaphorical formulation. In fact, ‘the Internet’ is just the most prominent aspect of what more correctly is called the ‘new information and communication technologies,’ or abbreviated: NICT. Other authors omit the ‘new’ and just speak of the ‘information and communication technologies,’ or ICT, others of ‘information technologies,’ or IT.