Purpose of information technologies.

The prompt for this essay is: Reflect on the purpose of information technologies. Thinking historically, who has used them, and for what ends? Who has had access to the information produced and transmitted by various information technologies? Has accessibility to the products of information technology changed over time? How, when, and why? What political/philosophical/economic/social/cultural ends might information technologies serve in distinct historical periods and geographical spaces? I have attached the guidelines for this essay. Please make sure you read them and follow them to make sure the essay responds to the prompt correctly. The guidelines require you to use specific readings to base your arguments from in the essay. I have uploaded all of the files here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6Xbcx-O16G7Y0EyejF5SUZUcHM?usp=sharing