Emancipatory Broadband Adoption: Toward a Critical Theory of Digital Inequality in the Urban United States

Wolfson, Todd; Crowell, Jessica; Reyes, Camille; Bach, Amy

doi:10.1111/cccr.12166

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“…Digital government ascertains ICT use for communication, information, public service, and development governance (Sanders, Crespo, andBacha, 2011, Wolfson &Funke, 2013). Digital government emphasizes public participation in collecting and utilizing Internet-based data and social networking applications to expand public service inclusiveness (Milakovich, 2014;Wolfson, Crowell, Reyes, & Bach, 2017;Johansson & Raunio, 2019).…”

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Digital Governance and Digital Divide: A Matrix of the Poor's Vulnerabilities

Wahyunengseh

Hastjarjo

Mulyaningsih³

et al. 2020

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Although the internet penetration has reached 64.8% of the population (APJII, 2019), yet the digital divide is still a major issue in Indonesia; especially among the poor. This paper aimed to study and to explain the risks of digital governance implementation in the poverty reduction policies; with the study on how the poor obtains and shares public information in the digital governance era as the focal point. The study was conducted in a city in Indonesia that has been awarded with the Smart City Award. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Social Network Analysis. The study found that some of the poor groups are adapting to the digital governance with the help of the social network in their community; and some of them are alienated digitally. They have been at risk of become marginalized both socially and economically. This paper suggested further studies focusing on the information demand among the poor and the use of new communication technology in the poverty reduction policy making that is inclusive.

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Digital Governance and Digital Divide: A Matrix of the Poor's Vulnerabilities

Wahyunengseh

Hastjarjo

Mulyaningsih³

et al. 2020

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“…It also decreases the differences between immigrants and nonimmigrant older adults regarding consumption choices and reduces social integration difficulties (Hao, 2007). However, older immigrants of lower economic status end up coping with limited information, limited social networks, insufficient health resources and with living on the "wrong" side of the digital divide (Chesser et al, 2016;Reneland-Forsman, 2018;Wolfson et al, 2017). Public investments in infrastructure and public facilities could mitigate the cost of using new technologies that help to increase ICT use.…”

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The Use of Information and Communication Technology Among Older Immigrants in Need of Home Care: a Systematic Literature Review

2021

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Better home care and home care technologies are no longer requested solely by nonimmigrant older adults but also by members of the fast-growing older adult immigrant population. However, limited attention has been given to this issue, or to the use of technology in meeting the needs of aging populations. The objective of this review is to map existing knowledge of older adult immigrants' use of information and communication technologies for home care service published in scientific literature from 2014 to 2020. Twelve studies met the established eligibility criteria in a systematic literature search. The results showed older adult immigrants faced similar barriers, which were independent of their ethnic backgrounds but related to their backgrounds as immigrants including lower socioeconomic status, low language proficiency, and comparatively lower levels of social inclusion. Technology use could be facilitated if older adult immigrants received culturally-tailored products and support from family members and from society. The results imply that the included studies do not address or integrate cultural preferences in the development of information and communication technology for home care services. Caregivers might provide an opportunity to bridge gaps between older immigrants' cultural preferences and technology design. This specific research field would also benefit from greater interest in the development of novel methodologies.

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“…Internet usage has become a vital part of developing and developed societies throughout the world. Almost 78.1% of the United States population uses the Internet regularly [5]. Around 245 million people use the Internet in the United States, ranking among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest Internet usage.…”

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Exploring the Students’ Attitudes toward Internet Usage for Academic Excellence

Rahman¹

2020

ITMR

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The Internet is being widely used as an educational tool with numerous potentials. The students who use the Internet for academic purposes especially they can gain more knowledge and enhance cumulative grade point average. The aim of the study is to explore the students' attitudes toward Internet usage for academic excellence. A cross-sectional survey questionnaire was used to collect data from 150 students at Dhaka University, Bangladesh. The study used descriptive statistics to analyze the collected data through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The results of the study identified that 94% of the students use the Internet and only 6% of the students do not use the Internet currently. The study also determines that the majority (59.33%) of the students use the Internet for both academic and non-academic purposes. In addition, a vast majority of the students agree that Internet usage increases their academic performances greatly. The findings suggest that policymakers should invest more in information technology to ensure Internet facilities for 24 h a day so that students can easily access the Internet anytime for completing their academic and research work. Moreover, the study identifies future research areas that provide scholars opportunities to push theoretical and empirical boundaries and offer further insights into the study of students' attitudes toward Internet usage.

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Emancipatory Broadband Adoption: Toward a Critical Theory of Digital Inequality in the Urban United States

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

Digital Governance and Digital Divide: A Matrix of the Poor's Vulnerabilities

Digital Governance and Digital Divide: A Matrix of the Poor's Vulnerabilities

The Use of Information and Communication Technology Among Older Immigrants in Need of Home Care: a Systematic Literature Review

Exploring the Students’ Attitudes toward Internet Usage for Academic Excellence

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