2009
DOI: 10.1080/01629770902722245
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The Estonian Tiger Leap from Post-Communism to the Information Society: From Policy to Practice

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“…For example, com-pared to other Intemet user types. Versatile and Work-and information-oriented Intemet users have been found to be more active in online civic and political participation (Runnel et al 2009). Some authors have also proposed that personal values could be used for predicting Intemet adoption (McElroy et al 2007) and use (Engelberg and Sjöberg 2004).…”
Section: User Preferences As Dependent On Socio-demographics and Othementioning
confidence: 98%
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“…For example, com-pared to other Intemet user types. Versatile and Work-and information-oriented Intemet users have been found to be more active in online civic and political participation (Runnel et al 2009). Some authors have also proposed that personal values could be used for predicting Intemet adoption (McElroy et al 2007) and use (Engelberg and Sjöberg 2004).…”
Section: User Preferences As Dependent On Socio-demographics and Othementioning
confidence: 98%
“…Research in sociology. media and communication studies, and gender studies has mostly focused on socio-demographic variables and/or individual resources and situational factors (e.g., economic, cultural and social capital, digital literacy, habitus, lifestyle, political and civic participation, and community norms) as related to different user preferences (Brandtzeeg 2010, Brandtzoeg et al 2011, Dutton et al 2009, Lievrouw 2001, Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt 2006a, Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt 2006b, Runnel et al 2009, Shah et al 2001, Vengerfeldt and Runnel 2004, Zillien and Hargittai 2009.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Estonia is a leading-edge country when it comes to the implementation of e-services, the spread of free wireless internet connections, and the development of an extensive economic, technological and educational programme (Tiger Leap program) -all of which has put Estonia firmly on the map as an "e-state" (Runnel, Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt and Reinsalu, 2009). Furthermore, Estonia claims to save 100,000 USD per year by holding paperless cabinet meetings, and all legislation is published online only (Charles, 2009).…”
Section: The Estonian Media Sphere(s)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Large disparities between the age groups appear not only in the Internet usage but also in newspaper and magazine reading, radio listening, and TV viewing. The youngest group (aged 15-24) is characterized by more frequent and diverse use of the Internet than the second age group (aged 25-34); for the youngsters, the Internet has become the main source for entertainment, reading newspapers and magazines, listening to music and following TV and radio programs, studying and communicating with friends (Vengerfeldt & Runnel, 2004;Runnel, Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt & Reinsalu, 2009). This trend indicates the beginning of a fundamental shift in media use in Estonia: among the two youngest age groups we can speak about an Internet-centred media environment and about media convergence.…”
Section: Social Factors Of Media Usementioning
confidence: 99%
“…These differences have been generalized with the help of factor analysis and were used to create a typology of Internet users (see e.g. Runnel, Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt & Reinsalu, 2009). …”
Section: Trends In the Internet-usementioning
confidence: 99%