PsychNology Journal invites submissions on the following theme:

'The Digital Divide'

Fighting the informational divide represents a daily commitment for an open access journal. The idea of sharing scientific knowledge freely on the Internet seemed like a utopian project some years ago, but the hundreds of on-line experiences to date (as illustrated by the DOAJ inventory) and their acknowledged scientific quality have partly made it real. However, the Digital Divide, which has reached high levels of concern Internationally, brings Utopia back. The issue is whether communities with low socio-economic opportunities will fill their gap thanks to technology or will increase their gap because of technology, in the name of wild globalization strategies to control the macro-development. How can we 'distribute' contents through a 'World Wide Web' if 75% of the Internet resources are concentrated in a few rich countries of advanced capitalism? Or if the average Internet user is a young, urban, educated, male person in good health?
According to Lisa Servon "IT [information technology] affects how we work and what we work toward, how we connect with each other and with whom we connect, and how we make decisions and with what information. Living on the wrong side of the digital divide, as do the persistent poor, means being cut off from these changes and disconnected from the information society" (Bridging the Digital Divide, Blackwell, 2002, p.2).
PsychNology Journal would like to host ideas and projects on the digital divide. Contributions on this target theme are welcome - but not limited - to the following perspectives:

· Definitions, theories and models
· Geopolitics and new poverty
· E-Government and economic development
· History
· Culture and inter-culture
· Organizing the bridge: best practices for DD workers
· Ethics
· Open source and low budget technology
· Internal Divide and Community Technology
· Learning, literacy, education
· Women and the DD
· Ongoing or completed (Inter)national projects

Submissions are accepted of any length, discipline and format provided their scientific relevance and accuracy. They should be sent in electronic form to [email protected] by 20 April, 2005. Inclusion of color pictures, videos and sound files is welcome.
For complete guidelines, please refer to: http://www.psychnology.org/contribute.htm Do not hesitate to contact us for further information ([email protected]).