Towards understanding the gender digital divide: a systematic literature review

Acılar, Ali; Sæbø, Øystein

doi:10.1108/gkmc-09-2021-0147

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“…However, these findings are not consistent with the view of some scholars who argue the existence of a ‘digital divide’ in the geospatial and social structure of InfoTech usage that hinders rural married-pregnant women’s entrepreneurial activities ( Omotoso et al, 2020 ; Acilar and Sæbø, 2021 ). They point out that, firstly: this ‘digital divide’ in the social structure is attributed to individual characteristics along with the parallel communication systems created by the network society.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 69%

Did the cyberspace foster the entrepreneurship of women with children in rural China?

Shao¹,

Ma²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Female-entrepreneurship plays a significantly important role in rural areas of China today. In fact, it is a driving force behind inclusive economic development of the country as a whole. However, notably very little literature out there has focused on the impact of how widespread usage of information technology tools affects the mothers entrepreneurship in the outskirt regions. Here, in this paper, the authors attempt to explore the finer details of such an impact by utilizing the data from the 2017 China Integrated Social Survey; along with the IV-Probit model to explore the transmission mechanism. Interestingly enough, it was discovered that Internet applications and tools do indeed increase entrepreneurship among women with children by a roughly 7.88%. In addition, this paper finds that the utilization of such “InfoTech” promote a continuous progress in entrepreneurship among those women with children who endeavor to start a self-managed enterprise in the less developed areas. Lastly, when looking the analysis of the transmission mechanism, this paper found that the role of Internet-usage in promoting rural mothers entrepreneurship was mainly through three factors – the gender equality effect, the information learning effect, and the financing effect. This accumulated data will be thoroughly presented here in the ensuing sections.

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 69%

Did the cyberspace foster the entrepreneurship of women with children in rural China?

Shao¹,

Ma²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…Within the scope of the study, it was not investigated how long and in what way students use ICT tools in their out-of-school lives. This result may be explained by the fact that women's access to ICT and Internet is lower, especially in developing countries (Abu-Shanab & Al-Jamal, 2015; Acilar & Saebø, 2021;Alozie & Akpan-Obong, 2017;Gargallo-Castel et al, 2010;Hilbert, 2011). It is also seen that women prefer jobs related to technology and ICT less (Corneliussen & Seddighi, 2019;UNICEF, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the digital skills of undergraduate students in terms of various variables

Coşkunserçe

Aydoğdu

2022

Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning

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It is argued that, young people growing up surrounded by digital technologies intuitively acquire digital skills and therefore do not need digital education or training. For this reason, with the belief that students already have digital skills, digital literacy education courses are reduced or removed in educational institutions. Therefore, it is necessary to emphasize the importance of development of digital skills in the education. The purpose of this research is to examine the digital skills of students in terms of different variables. This research was conducted as a survey research. The participant group of the research consists of 423 undergraduate students who have just started to study at a university. According to the results of the research, the digital skill levels of the students who attend the IT courses are significantly higher than the students who do not. Digital skills were significantly higher for the male students than for the female students. In addition, the digital skills of the students who took the IT courses from the teacher trained in teaching digital skills were significantly higher than the students who took the course from teachers from other professions.

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“…Despite a significant increase in usage of the internet and other ICTs around the world, women, especially in developing countries, tend to be on the wrong side of the digital divide. The results indicate that while there are still gender differences in access to ICT in developing countries, second-level digital divide issues are more of a concern in developed countries (Acilar, 2021).…”

Section: Gender In Digital Dividementioning

confidence: 93%

Assessing the Effect of ICTs on Agriculture Productivity Based on the UTAUT Model in Developing Countries. Case Study of Southern Province in Zambia

Nkandu¹,

Phiri²

2022

OJBM

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The study was assessing the effect of Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) on agriculture productivity in Zambia's Southern Province based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model. Additionally, the study focused on highlighting social economic factors that influence adoption of ICTS. The sample was drawn from small scale farmers in Mazabuka and Monze districts of Southern Province. The study used a mixed method approach and used a multi-stage sampling procedure to draw the sample. Data was collected using both qualitative and quantitative responses using both closed ended and open ended questionnaire generated based on the UTAUT conceptual framework. The response rate was 94% from both Mazabuka and Monze districts. The research utilised the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software and used Regression and Pearson Correlation to analyse the data. Pearson Correlation analysis showed that Performance Expectancy (R = 356**, P-Value = 0.000), Social Influence (601**, P-Value = 0.000) and Facilitating Conditions (R = 0.647**, P-Value = 0.000) and Effort Expectancy (R = 0.185**, P-Value = 0.001) are all positively correlated to behavioural intention. Similarly, regression analysis results were less than the significance level of 0.005 therefore, it was inferred that there is significant impact of all the independent variables on behavioural intention. The research also concluded that there is a relationship between ICT adoption and productivity.

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Towards understanding the gender digital divide: a systematic literature review

Cited by 72 publications

References 38 publications

Did the cyberspace foster the entrepreneurship of women with children in rural China?

Did the cyberspace foster the entrepreneurship of women with children in rural China?

Investigating the digital skills of undergraduate students in terms of various variables

Assessing the Effect of ICTs on Agriculture Productivity Based on the UTAUT Model in Developing Countries. Case Study of Southern Province in Zambia

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