An assessment of the economic morality of digital communication technologies in the US and Ghana
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Digital communication technologies play important roles in modern communication, and this study explores the concept of “economic morality” in the digital communication systems of two economically disparate jurisdictions: the US and Ghana. Secondary data was obtained to study trends in the digital communication systems in the media industries of the two countries and also in the health, agriculture and finance sectors. The study shows that moral economy of digital communication technologies in Ghana is not poor as one may have expected considering the country’s level of development although the USA demonstrates more “morality” or equity than the Ghanaian example. The study also notes that globalisation introduces a ‘pull factor’ that may draw under-developed countries such as Ghana into a digital environment at a cost that can be prohibitive.
DOI: 10.58966/jcm2025432
Authors: Daniel Nkrumah, Elizabeth Appiah
Institution: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Topic: ICT Impact and Policies
Subfield: Media Technology
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415000007
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