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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Digital inequality"”.
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Understanding Digital Inequality and the Role of Cooperatives
… aims to further our understanding of digital inequality and the role of cooperatives in relation to investor-owned firms. Chapter 1 provides a brief motivation for studying cooperatives and an overview of the dissertation. Chapter 2 provides a brief background on digital inequality, …
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Digital Inequality and the Use of Information Communication Technology
… particular, the issue of unequal access to digital opportunities has garnered substantial research attention and has been termed ‘digital inequality’ (Hargittai & Hinnant, 2008; Hsieh, Rai, & Keil, 2008; Kvasny & Keil, 2006; Riggins & Dewan, 2005). Generally, digital inequality refers to the …
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Mechanisms driving technology use in the context of digital inequality: A series of essays on the role of social influence, socio-cognitive processes, and socio-economic determinants
… on the causes and manifestations of digital inequality through the lens of technology adoption research. To this day, digital inequality remains an important and relevant societal issue. With the rapid proliferation of digital ICT over the last 20 years the nature of the phenomenon …
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An investigation into the experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities of online risks: Online contract, conduct, content and contact, including online negative comments and/or messages
… Despite numerous benefits to being online, a digital inequality exists; where those with intellectual disabilities often have their internet access and use restricted, as a result of barriers, such as gatekeeping (Chadwick et al., 2013, 2017). Large gaps in the literature exist, in relation to …
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Dynamics of globalization in Philippine scientific communities
… network is accounted for? Results show that digital inequality occurs at advanced levels of hardware-software-user interaction skills, which appear to be emerging dimensions of a new form of digital inequality; these are mainly configured by level and place of graduate education. The effect …
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The effects of external controls on teachers' development of technology competencies in an economically disadvantaged district
… immobilizing agents capable of creating digital inequality (Keller & Bichelmeyer, 2004; Lawton, McKevitt, & Millar, 2000).
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Digital Inclusion in Cuba: Challenges, Transformations and Future Prospects
This thesis examines the dynamics of digital exclusion in contemporary Cuba, a society influenced by decades of centralised governance, economic challenges, and ideological control. Cubans have lived for over half a century under the American embargo and a communist political system. Despite Cuba's …
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Labour market participation and access to internet during Covid-19 lockdown: Case of South Africa
The labour markets have become digitalised with the rise of the internet. As economies undergo industrial revolutions, various aspects of the labour market have been greatly impacted by internet use and access to information and communication technologies worldwide. Among others, the internet has …
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Internet, escola i comunitat en el trànsit cap a la societat xarxa. La incorporació d’internet al sistema educatiu de Catalunya per al desenvolupament comunitari
… papel secundario en la promoción de la inclusión digital de los niños y jóvenes en nuestra sociedad.