Camera Phones And Blogs Impacting Developing World

Speaking at We Media, Nitin Desai, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, responded to suggestions that blog readership in places like Nepal is problematic. But blog readership is not the only factor. Other technologies are also helping populations communicate and understand their environment. Blog readership may not be as high as it is in the developing world but cameraphones - as we saw with NowPublic - are changing societies in equally profound ways.