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From Digital Divide to Social Inclusion: A Tale of Mobile Platform Empowerment in Rural Areas
Sustainability, volume 12, issue 6: 2424 (2020), 16 pp.
"The digital divide in rural areas is an important social issue, especially in developing countries. Although Internet and broadband penetration have increased in the world generally, there are many obstacles for rural China to get access to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its ser
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Digital Inequalities in the Global South
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xvii, 372 pp.
"This book discusses how digital inequalities today may lead to other types of inequalities in the Global South. Contributions to this collection move past discussing an access problem - a binary division between 'haves and have-nots' - to analyse complex inequalities in the internet use, benefits,
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Das neue digitale Landleben: Smart und innovativ statt abgehängt und analog
Frankfurt am Main: Wochenschau-Verlag (2019), 182 pp.
"Was hilft gegen die Landflucht? Digitale Strategien können ländliche Räume vitalisieren. Die Autorin begibt sich auf einen Landspaziergang durch zukünftige digitale Welten: Glasfaser, Offene Daten und Sensoren im Internet der Dinge tauchen ebenso auf wie smarte Mobilität, Roboter in der Gesund
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Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa: A Mediated Analysis
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2019), 278 pp.
"This is a timely and much-needed collection that fills an important gap in the literature. It offers excellent conceptual tools and a selection of case studies that provide a useful map of the digital divide across the African continent and between Africa and the rest of the world. I especially app
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Acceso a internet y ruralidad: El caso de Macharetí en Bolivia
La Paz: Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) (2019), 81 pp.
"Que se haya establecido en primer lugar el uso de la aplicación WhatsApp nos muestra la importancia de las redes en la comunicación personal, afectiva, familiar, en el trabajo, la economía y la organización de las personas. El Facebook denota la importancia e las redes abiertas, sin embargo, ta
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Digital Inclusion: An International Comparative Analysis
Lanham: Lexington Books (2018), xx, 223 pp.
"The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink
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Kenyan Women’s Rural Realities, Mobile Internet Access, and “Africa Rising”
Information Technologies & International Development, volume 14, issue Special edition (2018), pp. 33-47
"The term “Africa Rising” is used in popular and academic discourse to describe economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Increased mobile phone ownership and access to the Internet figure prominently in this optimistic narrative. However, aspects of this story are being questioned, in particular w
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Technology and Society as Embedded: An Alternative Framework for Information and Communication Technology and Development
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 107-118
"An emerging topic in the development field is how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used for economic and social development. The general approach relies on technological determinism, whereby the discussion revolves around how and to what extent will ICT support development. It
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Digital Inclusion in Rural Areas: A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges Faced by People from Isolated Communities
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, volume 21, issue 3 (2016), pp. 247-263
"This study explored the interplay between contextual and individual factors related to Internet adoption in isolated rural communities. By investigating 10 remote villages throughout Chile that received Internet access infrastructure in 2010-2011, we identified 3 areas in which contextual and indiv
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ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness
New York: Springer (2013), viii, 46 pp.
"ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness provides an introduction to the concept of 'connectedness', and explores how this socio-psychological term has evolved during the age of the Internet. The book surveys the principles of ICT for development (ICTD), and closely examines how ICT has p
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ICTs and Development: A Study of Telecentres in Rural India
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiii, 264 pp.
"This volume juxtaposes the global discourse on ICT-D and telecentres with in-depth empirical case studies on the pattern of access and use of telecenters in rural India to draw implications for policy and practice. It suggest that access and use of telecentres and their services are mediated by the
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Aplicación de la tecnología digital en la educación pública: Programa "One Laptop per Child" en el Perú
In: Cultura digital en América Latina: Investigación interuniversitaria Educación y Evangelización
Bogotá: Centro de Comunicación Educativa Audiovisual (CEDAL); Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana (CELAM); RIIAL (2012), pp. 218-249
ICTs and Development in India: Perspectives on the Rural Network Society
London; New York: Anthem Press (2011), xii, 215 pp.
"ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India." (Publisher description)
Accès aux nouvelles technologies en Afrique et en Asie: TIC et service universel
Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 252 pp.
Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
Washington, DC: World Bank (2009), viii, 44 pp.
"Increasing overall service coverage and promoting access to telecommunications services is economically beneficial. However, universal access policies for rural and low-income areas have not sufficiently evolved with the latest technolo gy and market trends. This study reviews and evaluates the wid
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ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development
Deep Insights
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2009), xiv, 386 pp.
"ICT4D provides an authoritative account of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary development practice. It combines theory with practical guidance – including both a conceptual framework for understanding the rapid development of ICT4D. Case studies provide d
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Measuring Information and Communication Technology Availability in Villages and Rural Areas
Geneva: ITU (2008), iii, 21 pp.
Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.
"This book brings together some of the most outstanding and novel papers on media and development presented at the AMIC Annual Conferences in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004. It features over a dozen contributions from around the region, providing a wealth of fresh case studies as well as breaking ne
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