Over the past two decades, the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) - mobile telephony, computers, and the Internet, including high - speed Internet-has influenced economic and social processes in almost all countries of the world, and has led to significant changes in the international division of labor. Countries can participate in the information and communication revolution (ICR) both as producers of ICT goods and services and as users. The use of ICTs makes significant changes in the life of Eastern countries, creates new opportunities for employment growth, and solves social problems in these countries. The latest ICTs have a significant impact on the Eastern society, influencing people's worldview, and finally, their behavior. Today we can also talk about the impact of the information revolution on the socio-political situation in Afro-Asian countries, taking into account the events of the "Arab Spring" in 2011. Many publications are devoted to the problems of participation of Asian and African countries in the currently unfolding ICD, the impact of new ICTs on economic and social processes in these countries. Among the works of Russian Orientalists, one can mention, for example, the book and article by A. I. Kuprin, which deals with the problems of the spread of ICT and its impact on socio-political processes in North African countries, especially in Tunisia (the works were written before the "Arab Spring", but turned out to be very relevant) [Kuprin, 2011; Kuprin, 2009], an article by V. N. Ulyakhin on the economic security of Asian countries, which analyzes the problems of the production of ICT services in Eastern countries [Ulyakhin, 2009], and chapters of the monographs of the author of this review, which deal with the production of goods and services in the ICT sector [Tsvetkova, 2004; Tsvetkova, 2011]. Among the literature on the problems of the impact of ICTs on society and people, it is impossible not to mention M. Castell ... Читать далее