TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steyn,Jacques
AU  - Johanson,Graeme
ED  - IGI eBooks.
ED  - IGI Global.
TI  - ICTs and sustainable solutions for the digital divide: theory and perspectives 
SN  - 9781615208005 (ebook)
AV  - HC79.I55 I285 2011e
U1  - 303.48/33 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Hershey, Pa.
PB  - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA)
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Digital divide
KW  - Alternative theory to combat the global digital divide
KW  - Cultural constraints on the acceptance of ICTs
KW  - Culturally sustainable development informatics
KW  - Digital inclusion
KW  - E-adoption in the context of the digital divide
KW  - Impact of ICT on education in developing countries
KW  - International ICT spillover
KW  - Meaning and value of development informatics
KW  - Participatory monitoring and evaluation of ICTs for development
KW  - Policy implications
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Delineating the meaning and value of development informatics / Graeme Johanson -- 2. Paradigm shift required for ICT4D / Jacques Steyn -- 3. 'Digital inclusion' / Cristina Mori -- 4. Participatory monitoring and evaluation of ICTs for development / Ricardo Ram�irez -- 5. The mirror meta-principle / Chase Knowles -- 6. Cultural acceptance of ICTs / Jasmine Harvey -- 7. A psychological model to understand E-adoption in the context of the digital divide / Andrew Thatcher, Mbongi Ndabeni -- 8. What does it mean to bridge the divide? / Suely Fragoso, Denise Cogo, Liliane Brignol -- 9. A new development opportunity confronts old paradigms / Peter Kyem -- 10. Social capital and third places through the Internet / Duncan Timms, Sara Ferlander -- 11. An analysis of the research and impact of ICT in education in developing country contexts / Nitika Tolani-Brown, Meredith McCormac, Roy Zimmermann -- 12. Networking for development / Fabio Nascimbeni -- 13. Information communication technology and its impact on rural community economic development / Kenneth Pigg -- 14. International ICT spillover / Saeed Moshiri, Somaieh Nikpoor -- 15. Understanding the policy implications of ICT for development / Matthew Clarke; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print
N2  - "This book focuses on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), which includes any technology used for communication and information, researching the social side of computing, the users, and the design of systems that meet the needs of "ordinary" users"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-799-2
ER  -