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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Introduction
Author : Levi Obijiofor
Published in: New Technologies in Developing Societies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Of all the innovations that have affected human lives in the 21st century, none has been as far-reaching as new technology. This is particularly true for people in the industrialised world. Their lives are affected in one way or another by technology. Whether they are awake or asleep, whether they are at work or at play, whether they are adults or infants, they interact with technology in some way. The infant who plays with toys connects with technology in a different way. As Last Moyo (2009a, p. 122) noted with particular reference to developed countries, new technologies such as computers and mobile phones have a profound impact on ‘how people communicate, vote, buy, trade, learn, date, work or even play’.