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Telematics and Informatics, 2008
The digital divide is a phenomenon linked not only to the topic of access to the Internet, but also to the one of usage and usage benefit. In this paper we take a look at the global digital divide concerning Africa, we analyze the situation with the help of macro-data and by discussing specific examples (Ghana, South Africa).
Christian Fuchs
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The digital divide is a phenomenon linked not only to the topic of access to the Internet, but also to the one of usage and usage benefit. In this paper we take a look at the global digital divide concerning Africa, we analyze the situation with the help of macro-data and by discussing specific examples (Ghana, South Africa).
Christian Fuchs
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XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, 2006
What factors have promoted and retarded the spread of the Internet globally? The Internet is one example of the diffusion of technology. Much as other technologies, the Internet has diffused unevenly across countries, raising concerns over a “digital divide.” My main proposition is that its spread has been driven by neither technological nor economic ...
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What factors have promoted and retarded the spread of the Internet globally? The Internet is one example of the diffusion of technology. Much as other technologies, the Internet has diffused unevenly across countries, raising concerns over a “digital divide.” My main proposition is that its spread has been driven by neither technological nor economic ...
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British Journal of Social Work, 2009
The emergence of an information society has created new social exclusions and aggravated old ones by creating digital exclusion. Many countries have explicit policies about turning themselves into the leaders of such transformations or about catching up with the changes made in other countries.
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The emergence of an information society has created new social exclusions and aggravated old ones by creating digital exclusion. Many countries have explicit policies about turning themselves into the leaders of such transformations or about catching up with the changes made in other countries.
Fung, JYC +4 more
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Computer, 2002
In our search for transgressive models of distance education, we found inspiration in the "Web-back" performance pieces of Guillermo Gomez-Penia (1997), the production of virtual favelas in Brazil, and rural education models from the Philippines and Malaysia. As we thought in particular about our desire to reach Native American reservations and Mexican-
Laura K. Briggs, Kari Boyd McBride
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In our search for transgressive models of distance education, we found inspiration in the "Web-back" performance pieces of Guillermo Gomez-Penia (1997), the production of virtual favelas in Brazil, and rural education models from the Philippines and Malaysia. As we thought in particular about our desire to reach Native American reservations and Mexican-
Laura K. Briggs, Kari Boyd McBride
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Digital Divide, Social Divide, Paradigmatic Divide
International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development, 2009The digital divide is nothing else than the reflection of the social divide in the digital world. The use of ICT for human development does offer opportunities to reduce the social divide for individual beings or communities; yet there exists a series of obstacles to overcome.
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Computers in Entertainment, 2004
Dear Editor-in-Chief, I would like to describe briefly how the non-profit kindersite project is utilizing digital media content in an innovative way to address social problems. Firstly to answer who we are; the two founders are Ziv Avidor, a technology specialist and consultant to government and corporations and Joel Josephson, an Internet ...
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Dear Editor-in-Chief, I would like to describe briefly how the non-profit kindersite project is utilizing digital media content in an innovative way to address social problems. Firstly to answer who we are; the two founders are Ziv Avidor, a technology specialist and consultant to government and corporations and Joel Josephson, an Internet ...
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The digital divide of computing
Proceedings of the 1st conference on Computing frontiers, 2004This presentation urges for creating more awareness of the impact of configware engineering onto embedded system development and examines the requirements of overdue CSE curricular upgrades. Because of the impact of reconfigurable computing, configware engineering has proceeded from niche to mainstream.
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2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
Digital divide plays an important role in last years? discourse in theory and practice as well. Starting in the 90?s by focusing on infrastructures divides between the ?have? and ?have-not? and continuing in the following years to other dimensions of the divide such as skills, usage, governmental and communal support and more.
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Digital divide plays an important role in last years? discourse in theory and practice as well. Starting in the 90?s by focusing on infrastructures divides between the ?have? and ?have-not? and continuing in the following years to other dimensions of the divide such as skills, usage, governmental and communal support and more.
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Communications of the ACM, 2003
African-American students are all too aware that the digital divide is not merely about Internet access. Rather, it involves access to the social networks that ease the path to success in high-tech careers.
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African-American students are all too aware that the digital divide is not merely about Internet access. Rather, it involves access to the social networks that ease the path to success in high-tech careers.
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