Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) are possibly the defining technological transformations of the late twentieth century. The development of personal computers (PCs), video games, interactive tv, cell phones, internet, e-commerce systems and telework systems, as new systems, have inevitably caused a focus on the technical ingenuity of design and the technical potentials of systems, overlooking the ways in which ICT's are also redefining our social world and the way we live. The study and evaluation of ICTs in social change and the development of thinking around information society concepts is now developing alongside technological study and research.
In the case of UNESCO this includes reviewing appropriate utilization of low-cost technologies, impact of the media on societies, culture and cultural identities. Case studies have been prepared on the new technologies and their impact in different regions. The focus includes the interaction between communication, social changes and the development process, and, on the other hand, with media education of users, and through them the producers.