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Fallis, Don. "Epistemic Value Theory and the Digital Divide." Idea Group, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105664.

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The digital divide refers to inequalities in access to information technology. Those people who do not have access to information technology are at a significant economic and social disadvantage. As with any other policy decision, in order to evaluate policies for dealing with the digital divide, we need to know exactly what our goal should be. Since the principal value of access to information technology is that it leads to knowledge, work in epistemology can help us to clarify our goal in the context of the digital divide. In this paper, I argue that epistemic value theory can help us to

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Bundt, Bettina. "Smartphones and their users-Are they overwhelmed by the Smartness of these Devices?" Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMK), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-40465.

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There have been a number of studies concerning the access and usage patterns of mobile phones since the first cellular phone appeared in 1979. With the appearance of the smart phone a recent field of research emerges within media and communication. This study focuses on what role a particular smart phone plays within the users’ communication practices. Combining individuality and mobility with communication, the iPhone changes the users’ way of communication completely. In addition to that, the use of the iPhone comprises self-representational characteristics. The study aims to research what r

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Antonites, Christina Maria. "Meeting people where they are at: The role of small-scale gender advocacy organisations in promoting digital inclusion in South Africa." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213022/1/Christina_Antonites_Thesis.pdf.

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This African feminist ethnography examines how gender's incorporation into political and economic imaginaries and gender equality's promotion through current national digital inclusion policies and major initiatives aiming to reduce the digital gender divide in South Africa could contribute to deepening, rather than reversing, this problem. The study evaluated South African digital inclusion policies and major initiatives against gender and development theoretical trends over time. The study recommends that to address the digital gender divide more effectively, research, policy, and digital ge

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Hollins, Stacy Gee. "The digital divide through the lens of critical race theory| The digitally denied." Thesis, University of Missouri - Saint Louis, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10012831.

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<p> The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine African American community college students’ availability to technological resources and how that availability affects their success. In this study, technological resources include access to the internet, software, hardware, technology training, technology support, and community resources. This study included six community college professors and six African American community college students enrolled in a Midwest community college. A major tenet of Critical Race Theory, storytelling, was used to give voice to students who

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Almuwil, Ahlam A. "Factors influencing e-inclusion in the UK : a study based on uses and gratifications theory and decomposed theory of planned behaviour." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13889.

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The parallel between e-government and e-Inclusion research are critically important. It helps to understand how policies, society, organizations, and information technologies come together and it also helps to understand how the e-Inclusion factors impact e-government use and vice versa. This study attempts to explore the theoretical and practical intersections of e-Inclusion and e-adoption (Particularly e-government) and to show how they complement and possibly enrich the potential of e-Inclusion research. The rationale for this approach is that combining research on e-Inclusion and e-governm

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Hsieh, JJ Po-An. "Leverage Points for Addressing Digital Inequality: An Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cis_diss/14.

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Digital inequality, or the disparity in the access and use of information and communication technologies (ICT), is one of the most critical issues in the knowledge economy. This inequality prevents under-privileged people from exploring digital opportunities to enhance their life quality. Governments, business, and the public have devoted tremendous resources to address this issue, but the results are inconclusive. Theoretical understanding, complemented with theory-based empirical assessment of the phenomenon, is essential to inform effective policy-making and interventions. This dissertation

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Ferguson, David. "Grade-Level Readability of Municipal Websites: Are They Creating Digital Inequalities of Opportunities that Perpetuate the Digital Divide?" University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1380134647.

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Kapondera, Selina Khumbo. "The use of multipurpose community telecentres and their services in Malawi: the case of Lupaso Community Telecentre." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4115.

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Magister Artium - MA<br>Telecentres in Malawi are being established to bridge the digital divide. Though the basic assumption is that once telecentres have been established many will adopt them, they are being used by a relatively small percentage of the population. However, limited systematic research has been done to understand why. The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing the acceptance and use of telecentres and their services in Malawi. Specifically, the study aimed at establishing: the access and usage patterns of telecentres and their services; relevance of telecentr

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Kamel, Carola, and Marcus Olausson. "Value co-creation within the digital divide : how organizations can co-create value to maintain and attract older adults as their customers." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-20940.

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Digitalization has made it possible for organizations to propose value to their customers through digital services. Meanwhile, due to digital development, the digital divide has increased in society, since many older adults do not know how to use the proposed digital services. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges and dilemmas that older adults face within digital services and how organizations can co-create value with older adults to maintain them and attract them as their customers. This study aimed to analyze existing data, but also to embrace new findings, therefore

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Cradduck, Lucy Margaret. "The future of the internet economy : addressing challenges facing the implementation of the Australian national broadband network." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46636/1/Lucy_Cradduck_Thesis.pdf.

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Innovation is vital for the future of Australia.s internet economy. Innovations rely on businesses. ability to innovate. Businesses. ability to innovate relies on their employees. The more these individual end users engage in the internet economy, the better businesses. engagement will be. The less these individual end users engage, the less likely a business is to engage and innovate. This means, for the internet economy to function at its fullest potential, it is essential that individual Australians have the capacity to engage with it and participate in it. The Australian federal government

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Belluomini, Ellen M. "Digitally Immigrant Social Work Faculty: Technology Self-Efficacy and Practice Outcomes." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3280.

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The problem addressed in this study was the lack of a model for technology integration in social work education to meet the needs of graduate social workers in the field. Extant research has focused on the efficacy of online or blended learning, but not on social work educators' technology literacy. The purpose of this study was to explore social work educators' self efficacy related to technology use in curriculum and pedagogy. Digitally immigrant educators, defined as those over the age of 35, were studied since this group struggles in adjustment to technology, commonly used by younger stude

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McQuiston, James M. "Social capital in the production gap: social networking services and their transformative role in civic engagement." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1374593081.

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Partridge, Helen L. "Establishing the human perspective of the information society." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16572/1/Helen_Partridge_Thesis.pdf.

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The digital divide is a core issue of the information society. It refers to the division between those who have access to, or are comfortable using, information and communication technology (ICT) (the "haves") and those who do not have access to, or are not comfortable using ICT (the "have-nots"). The digital divide is a complex phenomenon. The majority of studies to date have examined the digital divide from a socio-economic perspective. These studies have identified income, education and employment as the key factors in determining the division between the "haves" and th

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Partridge, Helen L. "Establishing the human perspective of the information society." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16572/.

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The digital divide is a core issue of the information society. It refers to the division between those who have access to, or are comfortable using, information and communication technology (ICT) (the "haves") and those who do not have access to, or are not comfortable using ICT (the "have-nots"). The digital divide is a complex phenomenon. The majority of studies to date have examined the digital divide from a socio-economic perspective. These studies have identified income, education and employment as the key factors in determining the division between the "haves" and th

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Teles, Adonai. "Piraí digital e a teoria ator-rede: a trajetória de inclusão e desenvolvimento de Piraí." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/7811.

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Middleton, Kathi L. "The Effect of GED Candidate Race and Motivation Factors on Exam Outcomes." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4159.

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Earning a General Educational Development (GED) credential can have positive results in a student's life including higher wages and better job opportunities. The 2014 version of the GED exam changed the format from a paper-based test to a computer-based test. This change coincided with a 35% decline in the pass rate indicating not all students are prepared to pass the new computer-based test (CBT). The purpose of this quantitative study was to evaluate the influence of a candidate's race and reason for taking the exam on the pass or fail outcome of the new computer-based GED exam. The study us

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Rellinger, Brian A. "The Diffusion of Smartphones and Tablets in Higher Education: A Comparison of Faculty and Student Perceptions and Uses." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1395476287.

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Tilley, Christine Margaret. "A sense of control : a model of a virtual community for people with mobility impairments." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16308/.

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This qualitative study develops a model of a virtual community for people with longterm, severe physical or mobility disabilities. The model also has implications for the wider community of people with disabilities. The study uses the Strauss and Corbin grounded theory methodology to inform the investigation from which a systematic theory has been developed. On the basis of this theory, the study proposes strategies for implementing the virtual community model. In-depth interviews were conducted with twelve Queenslanders with paraplegia, quadriplegia or other severe, long-term physical or m

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Tilley, Christine Margaret. "A sense of control : a model of a virtual community for people with mobility impairments." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16308/1/Christine_Tilley_Thesis.pdf.

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This qualitative study develops a model of a virtual community for people with longterm, severe physical or mobility disabilities. The model also has implications for the wider community of people with disabilities. The study uses the Strauss and Corbin grounded theory methodology to inform the investigation from which a systematic theory has been developed. On the basis of this theory, the study proposes strategies for implementing the virtual community model. In-depth interviews were conducted with twelve Queenslanders with paraplegia, quadriplegia or other severe, long-term physical

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Waller, Lloyd George. "ICTs for whose development? : a critical analysis of the discourses surrounding an ICT for development initiative for a group of microenterprise entrepreneurs operating in the Jamaican tourism industry : towards the development of methodologies and analytical tools for understanding and explaining the ICT for development phenomenon /." The University of Waikato, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2628.

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This is an interdiscliplinary qualitative study which uses an exploratory research design and builds on Fariclough's Critical Discourse Analysis methodology to analyze the discourses surrounding an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for livelihood development project in Jamaica, introduced by the United Nations Development Programme - the Jamaica Sustainable Development Networking Programme (JSDNP). The primary objective of this project is to provide the poor in Jamaican communities with access to, and training in ICTs. In this research, I specifically focus on the discourses surr

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Oumarou, Mahamane Laouali. "Technologie de l’information et de la communication et développement économique : les enjeux et les opportunités au Niger." Thesis, Paris 10, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA100231.

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Le Niger est un pays enclavé d’Afrique de l’Ouest. Son positionnement à la périphérie des pôles essentiels de la sous région explique en partie son retard de développement. A cela, s’ajoute, un nouveau retard, qualifié de fracture numérique. Son parc d’infrastructures vétuste ne lui permet pas de profiter des flux mondiaux d’information pour bénéficier des avantages de la compétitivité de la nouvelle société de l’information. Sous l’impulsion de récents débats internationaux sur les nouvelles technologies, il apparaît que le développement économique du Niger nécessiterait une appropriation des

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Barnett, Karen Rae. "Transformation of communication practices : a case study of older adults' participation in the information society." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002.

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The info1mation society marks a shift from the dominance of the industrial to the rise of the "informational" (Castells, 1996, p. 21 ). The effects of this shift on social arrangements generally have been greeted in diverse ways, ranging from the enthusiasm of Negroponte (1995) to the more cautious scepticism of Postman (1992). While recognised as an inevitable and ongoing process, the wider social imperatives for change have brought people and technology together in ways that are often highly problematic. Older people, as one group among others identified as experiencing the disadvantage in t

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Chipeva, Petya Rangelova. "Digital divide at individual level : evidence for eastern and western european countries." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19801.

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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and Management<br>The current study explores the digital divide by checking the phenomenon at the individual level. It digs into the individual pattern of adoption and use of a broad set of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by introducing a conceptual model combining the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) and the five-factor model of personality. Therefore, it provides insights on f

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Lin, Cheng-Hsien, and 林承賢. "Using the theory of planned behavior to explain the continuous use behavior of the digital divide." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84440836222541838197.

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碩士<br>東吳大學<br>資訊管理學系<br>99<br>With the advances in information technology, the internet and computers has become an indispensable tool in life. In 2009, the usages of Taiwan's computers and internet have reached 70% population. The usage of the population under 40 years old has reached 95%, but the usages of the rests are less than 50%. The problem of the digital divide between urban and rural areas is significant. This problem can also be found in different generations. In recent years, various levels of the government have proposed policies to reduce the problem of the digital divide. For ex

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Narayan, Ravishankar. "Technology outreach programs : their impact on middle-school students and their families from underserved communities." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2712.

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The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of the impact of outreach programs designed to impart technology skills to middle-school students from underserved communities, on both participants and their families. An outreach program, called Hi-Tec CompNow, was chosen for this study. This program was conducted as an after-school program for middle-school students from underserved communities in central Texas wherein participants learn computer hardware and software skills during a ten-week period. The study utilized (a) an interpretive analysis of the data generated from a quest

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Yu, Ya-tang, and 游雅棠. "A Case Study on Digital Divide of Aboriginal Students Who Moved out of their Tribes." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92946501312370116228.

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碩士<br>國立臺南大學<br>數位學習科技學系碩士班<br>96<br>This study explored factors caused digital divide of aboriginal students who moved out of their tribes. A qualitative approach was applied to investigate participants’ learning environment and the process of information learning in order to find out reasons that influenced digital learning and methods that might improve digital divide. After data were collected, analyzed, induced, and deduced, the researcher found factors that influenced digital divide of the interviewed aboriginal students included: 1. Participants’ shortage of basic computer abilities res

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Correa, Teresa. "Bottom-up technology transmission within families : how children influence their parents in the adoption and use of digital media." 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22115.

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This dissertation investigated the bottom-up technology transmission process in a country with varied levels of technology diffusion, such as Chile. In particular, I explored how children act as technology brokers within their families by influencing their parents' adoption of and learning about digital media, so as to include older generations in the digital environment. In order to do this, I measured to what extent this process occurs, I proposed a typology of factors that intervene in the process and analyzed the outcomes variables related to the phenomenon. Methodologically, I used a mixe

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Kondrat, Justyna. "Understanding asymmetries in ict acceptance at individual use in Poland : the UTAUT2 theory combined with attitude, privacy risk, perceived security." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20004.

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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Risk Analysis and Management<br>Understanding of the main determinants associated to Internet and Communication Technology acceptance have received attention from international bodies and researchers (Dewan & Chen, 2014; Featherman & Pavlou, 2003; Im, Hong & Kang, 2011; Ming Chi Lee, 2009; Niehaves & Plattfaut, 2014; Shareef, Kumar, Kumar & Dwivedi, 2011; Shin, 2010; Venkatesh & Bala, 2008; Venkatesh, Thong & Xu, 2012a). The reason behind the growin

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Rawlings, Gertrude. "A Critical Exploration of Contingent Workers' Training and Access to Information and Communication Technology." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29844.

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In the late 1990s, many Western governments introduced policy programs to make information and communication technology (ICT) accessible to all. More than a decade later, however, such universal access is far from a reality. Between 2002 and 2005, in response to a request from a group of contingent workers who felt excluded from effective access to ICT training, a university research group on contingency conducted an applied research project in the form of a series of basic ICT courses. This qualitative dissertation both critically examines the training process and treats it as a case study fo

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Oberdieck, Ria. "Mobile EdTech solutions and their contribution to quality education at scale in sub-Saharan Africa : an implementation suggestion for Girl Move Academy in Mozambique." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/35754.

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The vast spread of mobile phones across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) offers great opportunities to tackle the region’s learning crisis through mobile educational technology (EdTech). EdTech solutions have been highly effective in long-term pilots, but the learning crisis perseveres. This thesis aims to shed light on primary and secondary EdTech, through an interview-based benchmark analysis and an EdTech adoption use case for Girl Move Academy. GMA supports girls to transition to secondary school in a marginalized Mozambican region. All ventures were ranked in categories, derived from interviews w

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Sehlapelo, Martin Collin Abner Mmapeteke. "A framework for building an information society for selected countries in the southern African development community." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25070.

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Text in English<br>In line with the World Summit on the Information Society and with the expectation that this would enable them to advance their development and improve the lives of the population, almost all the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries had developed national information and communications technologies (ICT) policies. The purpose of this doctoral research was to investigate the theoretical underpinning(s) of the national ICT policies of the SADC countries in order to develop a theoretical framework for building an information society for development. The resea

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