This article is part of our series Congruence and Competition of Norms and Values in the Context of Global Digitalization.
by Michael Nagenborg & Monika Kuffer
The discussion about the interplay between digital technologies and the process of globalization is often focused around the following question: who has access to global information networks and who benefits from digital communication technologies? These are essential questions and it can hardly be denied that they confront us with a series of political and ethical questions. However, we also need to recognize the ongoing digitalization of the globe, a process where more and more people are put on various kinds of maps.