Examines the global expansion of Information Technology and its social and economic impacts. It looks at the role of internet, intranet and satellite broadcasting systems in breaking down traditional barriers of time and space. Examples discussed include: the spread of global media services; international telemedicine; education and training accessed globally; international consumer banking and finance; and manufacturing processes controlled globally on-line. Also explores the political implications of these changes, and the efforts of communities in both developed and underdeveloped countries to take advantage of this information superhighway without being culturally annihilated in the process.