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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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Tolley-Stokes, Rebecca. "Close the Online Class Divide." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5763.

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Gatune, Julius. "Navigating the information revolution choices for laggard countries /." [Santa Monica,Calif.] : RAND, 2007. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA487632.

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Segev, Elad. "Google and the digital divide: the politics of information search." Thesis, Keele University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502981.

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Maketa, Lutete Thomas. "Bridging the digital divide in African post-conflict countries : a case study of the DRC cities of Kinshasa and Kananga." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14653.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-37).<br>The digital divide is largely seen as the main problem that developing economies and societies must overcome to gain economic productivity and social welfare. In this document we state that modern western perception of the digital divide lured advancement of lCT into developing countries especially in Africa. lCT must not be seen as a goal in itself but as a means to service human needs. This study attempts to analyze the willingness of people to adopt existing lCT infrastructures and the factors impeding its use in the DRC's cities of Kin

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Andersson, Camilla. "ALP och SIDA - samarbete för att överbrygga digital divide." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of ALM, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-101735.

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Jennings, Nancy Ann. "Across the digital divide : children, families, and schools in the information society /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004295.

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Salinas, Romelia. "The digital divide goes to college Latino undergraduates and barriers to digital information /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1580936671&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Adebisi, Adeolu Abiodun. "Information communication and technology in Port Elizabeth secondary schools : exploring the digital divide." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/914.

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The primary goal of the research is to investigate the extent of ICT adoption in secondary schools within the larger Port Elizabeth area. In order to demonstrate the current status, two geographical areas within that area namely privileged and less privileged areas will be selected and surveyed. The main objective of this research study is to survey the access to ICT services by learners and teachers living and working in less privileged communities compared with that of learners and teachers in the more privileged communities of Port Elizabeth. At present all the schools in these communities

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Feger, Ana L. Rosado. "Bridging the operational divide an information-processing model of internal supply chain integration /." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1263402350/.

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Fürstenburg, Elizabeth Agnes. "Bridging the digital divide a South African perspective on minimally invasive education /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01312006-122408/.

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Robbin, Alice. "We the people: One nation, a multicultural society (Correlates and predictors of the 'digital divide')." John Hopkins University Press, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106271.

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This article examines selected economic and social indicators of our multiracial and multiethnic society at the end of the twentieth century to provide an information base for wise decisions about effective library services. The statistical profile describes the demography, economic well-being, and education attainment of the principal racial and Hispanic origin groups. The data show that progress in our nation's well-being has occurred, but a great deal remains to be done to achieve the goals of equity and equality of opportunity.

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Struthers, Margaret Alynn. "Overcoming the digital divide? : Africa and the information society with special reference to Lesotho." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9698.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>This thesis investigates whether the Internet is reducing or eliminating poverty and whether the Internet is the provider of fast-based information for development. It explores the concept of the information society, the information revolution, and the Internet, to provide a framework for understanding the information society in Africa, and in particular, Lesotho. Increasingly the information revolution, the Internet, is said to be shaping our lives. Globalisation and the new economy are driven by the Internet and social and economic development results

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Gooding, Daphne. "Identifying critical factors for developing effective rural community technology centers." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3987.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2005.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 184 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176).

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Evans, K. "Introducing information and communication technologies into marginalised neighbourhoods : an exploration of the digital divide." Thesis, University of Salford, 2002. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14843/.

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This research explores the development of discourses of information society and the claims which have been made as to the transformative capacities of information and communication technologies (ICT) in particular. It explores the experiences of groups affiliated to two women's centres in the city of Salford, England. These centres, and associated groups, are situated within two economically disadvantaged areas which could be said to be peopled with "the information poor". The research argues that the enthusiasm with which technology has often been placed before such communities has been inspi

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Rowsell, Alison Claire. "The health literacy divide : user experiences of web-based tools for delivering health information." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/422237/.

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Health Literacy (HL) is ‘the capacity to acquire, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health’(p.304) (Nutbeam, 2009). Low HL is associated with poor health-related knowledge, illness self-management, health service use, health and survival. Addressing HL is therefore key to caring for the health and well being of people worldwide and has become a pressing international priority. Eighty percent of the adult population are now online. Reports also suggest that 80% of those using the Internet have used it to search for health information (McMullan, 2005). Howeve

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McIntire, William David. "Information Communication Technologies and Identity in Post-Dayton Bosnia: Mendingor Deepening the Ethnic Divide." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1401978761.

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Picard, Stephan. "Leveraging the National Guard's existing Information Technology infrastructure to bridge the incident response digital divide." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sep%5FPicard.pdf.

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Dube, Sibusisiwe. "A paradox of the second order digital divide in higher education institutions of developing countries: case of Zimbabwe." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33697.

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Although this is not a new research phenomenon, the literature has often associated the digital divide (second order or otherwise) with sociodemographic, sociocultural and socioeconomical factors as reasons for the digital divide. However, there is little presence in the literature into the underlying structures (physical or abstract arrangement) leading to the divide. This means that the underlying structures leading to this problem have so far been ignored and require scholarly attention. This study, therefore, identifies and explains the structures leading to the second order digital divide

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Du, Preez Creswell. "Addressing the digital divide through the implementation of a wireless school network." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1298.

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Societal trends have changed more in the last decade than they have in the last century. This is particularly prevalent in the education environment. Concepts such as Lifelong Learning (the continued learning/educating of an individual throughout his/her lifetime), New Competencies (technology that is now part of almost every skill in the workplace) and Telecommuting (more people working from home rather than traditional offices) have become common-place today (Twigg, 1996, pp. 1-2). Education delivery needs to provide for these societal changes in order to ensure competent individuals pass on

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Khati, Patricia. "The role of public libraries in bridging the digital divide: a Cape Town case study." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3653.

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Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBibl<br>This research project looked at the role of public libraries in bridging the digital divide which is both a symptom and a cause of social exclusion. Public libraries offer free information services to ordinary citizens by means a wide range of media, including the Internet. But they offer more than just access as their information literacy programmes educate people in the use of the various media. Across the world there are many initiatives employed by public libraries to help bridge the digital divide. The purpose of the case study of one library district

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John, Gemma. "Relations that unite and divide : a study of Freedom of Information legislation and transparency in Scotland." Thesis, St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/751.

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Geldenhuys, Gideon Theodorus. "Determining the influence of Information Communication Technology in the South African construction project management environment." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9021.

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At the heart of Project Management are time, cost and performance by utilizing the available resources. When analysing the Global Competitiveness index for 2012-2013 it becomes clear that in South Africa labour efficiency is far below what it should be, ranked 113th out of 144. In the same report Business Sophistication is ranked 38th out of 144. It becomes clear that performance, time and cost at the heart of Project Management are hampered by the low labour efficiency. The adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the Construction Project Management Environment will raise pro

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Thomas, Nakela Lutele. "Bridging the digital divide in African post-conflict countries: a case study of the DRC cities in Kinshasa and Kananga." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19040.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The digital divide is largely seen as the main problem that developing economies and societies must overcome to gain economic productivity and social welfare. In this document we state that modern western perception of the digital divide lured advancement of ICT into developing countries especially in Africa. ICT must not be seen as a goal in itself but as a means to service human needs. This study attempts to analyze the willingness of people to adopt existing ICT infrastructures and the factors impeding its use in the DRC's cities of Kinshasa and Kana

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Eshetu, Sofia, and Caroline Kinuthia. "Bridging the digital divide : Improving Internet usage in Eastern Africa." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20423.

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Internet is viewed as the most vital digital technology in the globe. Eastern Africa has the least penetration of ICT per capita in the world. Internet is a valuable resource that has propelled enormous economic growth in many developed countries. In order for Eastern African governments to narrow the socio-economic divide between developed countries and themselves, there is need to overcome this digital handicap. Enormous investments in ICT infrastructure are essential. The governments must participate in making crucial decisions to wisely allocate the limited resources to improve the current

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Prather, Jennifer Lynn. "BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN PARTICIPATORY GIS." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304016477.

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Kruger, Leanne. "Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29982.

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This dissertation focuses on architecture in the information age.Information technology is evolving at an alarming rate, which opens up a vast landscape of possibilities within the architectural realm. These possibilities are discussed and implemented into anarchitectural intervention, with a specific focus on the relationship between the real and the virtual. A digital art pavilion is proposed on the corner of Proes and van der Walt streets in Pretoria CBD, where the Munitoria Complex (Tshwane Municipal Offices) is currently situated. This intervention should act as a catalyst for positive ch

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Furstenburg, Elizabeth Agnes. "Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26180.

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Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have brought many opportunities to South Africa and also challenges, such as narrowing the gap, known as the digital divide, between those who have (the “haves”) and those who do not have (the “have-nots”) access to ICTs. The majority of South Africans living in developing areas throughout South Africa do not have access to computers and are mostly computer illiterate. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched their Digital Doorway project across South Africa to evaluate the feasibility of an alternative com

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Gyabak, Khendum. "Bridging the digital divide infusing digital storytelling to improve literacy instruction among students in rural Bhutan /." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Clark, Kristen Radsliff. "Charting transformative practice critical multiliteracies via informal learning design /." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3259635.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 11, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195).

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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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Nyahodza, Lena. "An evaluation of electronic services offered to Master's students by the University of the Western Cape academic library as an effort to bridge the digital divide." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20599.

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Academic libraries are challenged to meet the demands of patrons as expectations shift towards remote access to library services. In Africa, such challenges are exacerbated by the legacy of the digital divide. In this post-apartheid period South Africa has acknowledged the presence of a multifaceted digital divide, and that the inequalities established in the past have not yet been resolved. Therefore, academic libraries could be of great value in playing emancipatory roles through the provision of technologies and other resources that enable access to information by marginalised communities.

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Prado, Paola. "Bridging Digital Poverty: Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies at Community Technology Centers in the Dominican Republic." Scholarly Repository, 2009. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/289.

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Globalization and the rise of the Information Society pose many challenges to developing nations. In adherence to the Millennium Development Goal of digital inclusion, the government of the Dominican Republic established a national program of community technology centers, or telecenters, that aim to promote digital literacy among the poor. This study examined how these telecenters promote the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and tested whether perceived structural factors, individual motivation or demographics predict adoption. Results from a survey conducted in th

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Hill, Bethany. "Digital Divide: Investigating the integration of marketing and ICTs for South African retailers expanding throughout Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31410.

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Information Communication Technologies are increasingly used in organisations’ market expansion strategies. These Information communication technologies provide organisations with opportunities such as ease of communication and movement of resources, making the entry into new markets a faster and less resource heavy process. When expanding throughout the African continent, the challenge presented in using this approach is that many African markets have underdeveloped information communication technology infrastructure. In considering this barrier, the extent to which information communication

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Carlsson, Isabella, and Maria Pettersson. "Perspectives on digital divide : Internet usage and attitudes in Arusha, Tanzania, a minor field study." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Communication, Technology and Design, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-318.

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<p>This paper outlines the current situation of Internet usage and attitudes towards the Internet among ordinary people in Arusha, Tanzania, and examines the views of ordinary citizens on the effects of the arrival of Internet and the possible digital divide.</p><p>Using qualitative interviews with equal groups of ordinary Internet users and ordinary non- Internet users in Arusha, the authors found varying levels of awareness about Internet services and facilities and their availability. There was also a widespread concern about immoral western influences communicated by the Internet and how i

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Sánchez, Torres Javier Alirio. "Adoption E-commerce in development country and the moderator effect of digital divide." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/565728.

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With the creation and worldwide diffusion of the Internet since the end of the last century, social and economic relations have seen a strong tendency to move from analog to digital, generating new ways of performing everyday tasks. In going digital, commerce has found a new channel of communication between client and company. E-commerce was created with the characteristics of a new technology which has been widely adopted and diffused in nearly all regions, societies and cultures. However, like all innovations within a social system, there have been differences in its adoption that could b

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Grigg, Andrew Thomas. "Evaluating the effect of the digital divide between teachers and students on the meaningful use of information and communication technology in the classroom." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2016. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1807.

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In recent years the usage of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in schools has become more prominent (Pegrum, Oakley, & Faulkner, 2013), with the majority of the focus being on hardware implementation (Hunter, 2013). However, teachers have generally struggled to integrate the use of ICT fully to promote learning in their classrooms (Sipilä, 2014). Therefore, schools may need to develop teachers’ ICT skills; this also being in response to students demonstrating higher levels of ICT skills within schools (Morgan, 2012). The well documented limitations in ICT skills of many teachers,

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Mueller, Elisa Cardeal. "Inclusão digital? : um estudo sociologico sobre o CDI Campinas : comite para democratização da informação." [s.n.], 2005. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279474.

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Orientador: Tom Dwyer<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T14:16:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mueller_ElisaCardeal_M.pdf: 9511974 bytes, checksum: d560013a281a5d650f1faa3e6f5cc079 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005<br>Resumo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar o debate sobre a exclusão digital, discutido através da pesquisa empírica realizada junto à organização não-governamental CDI Campinas - Comitê para Democratização da Informática. Cuja missão é a abertura de EICs - Escol

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Smith, Kandice Lauren. "A Comprehensive Analysis of Computer Use Among African Americans." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1940.

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On average, African Americans receive lower wages in the workplace due to lack of advanced technical skills. The reason for technical deficiency among some African Americans is often lack of exposure to IT resources at an early age. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to identify and explore the factors that contribute to lack of IT resources available to some African Americans to cultivate IT skills. Information literacy theory formed the conceptual framework, which focused on information resources that African American and Caucasians use in the workforce for problem solving and retrie

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Jones, Dwyane Keith. "In search of digital equality in Mississippi's two largest cities an examination of the digital divide that exists between African and European American-owned small businesses in Jackson and Gulfport /." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2006. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04052006-023615.

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Cheruiyot, Kenneth Koech Ph D. "The Geography of the Intra-National Digital Divide in a Developing Country: A Spatial Analysis of the Regional-Level Data from Kenya." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306500035.

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Williams, Matthew. "Marginaliserade aktörers inverkan på reglering och styrning av Internet : World Summit on the Information Society:s bidrag till nätets diskurs." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för socialpedagogik och sociologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5157.

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Sedan nätets begynnelse har regleringen och styrningen av Internet präglats av en västcentrisk och teknomeritokratisk diskurs som i mångt och mycket har exkluderat en stor del av världen från att aktivt delta i informationssamhällets utformning. I denna ordning har den amerikanska staten haft en priviligierad ställning genom dess indirekta kontroll över de s.k. strategiska resurserna, dvs. IP-adresser och ‖roten‖ i domännamnsystemet, via kontraktet mellan "Department of Commerce" och organisationen "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" (ICANN). Därtill fanns det en latent konfl

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Hollier, Scott. "The Disability Divide: a study into the impact of computing and internet-related technologies on people who are blind or vision-impaired." Thesis, Curtin University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/214.

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People with disabilities, and in particular people who are blind or vision impaired, are not embracing computing and Internet-related technologies at the same rate as the able-bodied population. The purpose of this study was to find the reasons behind this digital divide for people with disabilities and provide solutions. The investigation into this 'disability divide' initially examined the historical significance of the social construction of disability, the developments of computing and Internet-related technologies and the evolution of associated government and corporate policies. In order

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Rattanarungrot, Sasithorn. "A service oriented mobile augmented reality architecture for media content visualization in digital heritage experiences." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2016. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/63143/.

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Mobile augmented reality has become an influential tool for digital content representation and visualization of media content in terms of enhancing users' experience and improving the adaptability and usability of typical augmented reality applications, such as in e-commerce shopping, virtual museum, or digital heritage scenarios. This research proposes a new Service Oriented Mobile AR Architecture called SOMARA, which includes a novel mobile AR client application. SOMARA takes advantage the ability to integrate third party content through service orientation. The SOMARA architecture enhances

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Rawas, Randalah M. "Online lead users and social change in Arab conservative societies : the case of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2016. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/61656/.

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This research examines the social use of the Internet at the level of specified online users in conservative Arab societies, who are called in this thesis online lead users. These specified lead users are the ones who are influential in shaping the innovation processes due to their leading role of practice in finding solutions to their needs and problems they have experienced before the emergence of online social networks such as the lack of public sphere and independent civic organizations etc., which led them to utilize the Internet as their new public space to pursue their goals through the

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Hollier, Scott. "The Disability Divide: a study into the impact of computing and internet-related technologies on people who are blind or vision-impaired." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Media and Information, 2006. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=17109.

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People with disabilities, and in particular people who are blind or vision impaired, are not embracing computing and Internet-related technologies at the same rate as the able-bodied population. The purpose of this study was to find the reasons behind this digital divide for people with disabilities and provide solutions. The investigation into this 'disability divide' initially examined the historical significance of the social construction of disability, the developments of computing and Internet-related technologies and the evolution of associated government and corporate policies. In order

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Samuelsson, Karolina, and Annika Lindkvist. "Wikipedia : Informationspublicering på Internet ur ett genus- och maktperspektiv." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-2708.

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This essay is about publishing on the Internet and aims to understand the differences between publishing information on the webpage Wikipedia (Swedish version) in contrast to other information pages on the Internet, for example blog, discussion pages, homepages etcetera. The study is based upon an article which described that 90% of the information publishers at Wikipedia belongs to a small elite of white, western, well educated men between the age of thirty to thirtythree. This study examines why people who does not belong to this heteronormativity publish information in other Internet places

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Cruz, Irandy Marcos da. "Iniciativas de inclusão digital: um estudo sobre o programa de telecentros comunitários da cidade de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-30012008-111224/.

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A assimilação das TICs pelas diferentes sociedades desponta como a mais nova fronteira de debate sobre as diferenças entre pobres e ricos e sobre a capacidade dos indivíduos se inserirem de forma autônoma, como sujeitos ativos da construção de sua história. As tecnologias quando não difundidas ao conjunto amplo da sociedade, acabam por aprofundar um já existente problema de divisão social. Caberiam, então, ações de políticas públicas para minimizar os efeitos negativos acarretados pelos processos de transformação tecnológica, promovendo ações de inclusão digital. Assim, neste contexto, o prese

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CALDERARO, Andrea. "Digital politics divide : the digital divide in building political e-practices." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/14706.

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Defense Date: 24/09/2010<br>Examining Board: Prof. Alexander Trechsel, EUI (Supervisor) Prof. Donatella Della Porta, EUI Prof. R. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology Prof. Jan A.G.M. van Dijk, University of Twente<br>This study explores the relation between Internet and politics from a cross-national perspective of analysis. In the domain of the political sciences, the Internet has been welcomed for its potential to facilitate political practice. However, it is also commonly noted that the Internet is not equally distributed and not everybody can equally make the most of it

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