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What is Cultured Technology

Chapter 34
Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society
ways in which communities and societies reshape technology and make it as part of their culture, while on the other hand allowing this technology to make certain changes in their customary way of life.
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Conceptualizing a Contextual Measurement for Digital Divide/s: Using an Integrated Narrative
Karine Barzilai-Nahon (University of Washington, USA), Ricardo Gomez (University of Washington, USA), and Rucha Ambikar (The Center for Information & Society, USA)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-699-0.ch034
Abstract
Measurements for the digital divide/s have often engaged in simplified, single factor measurements that present partial and static conceptualization and, therefore, measurements of the digital divide/s. The following chapter encourages policy makers to choose appropriate tools and programs to measure digital divide/s according to three dimensions: (1) the purpose of the tool; (2) levels of observation; and (3) methods of approaching the data. Then it describes an integrated contextual iterative (ICI) approach suggested by the authors as an effective way to assess digital divide/s including perspectives of different stakeholders. The approach is illustrated with examples from a research project studying public access venues in 25 countries around the world.
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