Public access ICT across cultures diversifying participation in the network society - Proenza, Francisco J. (Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press, 2015)
Introduction / Francisco J. Proenza -- I. Impact on personal achievement and well-being: User perceptions of impact of internet cafés in Amman, Jordan / Ghaleb Rabab'ah, Ali Farhan AbuSeileek, Francisco J. Proenza, Omar Fraihat, and Saif Addeen Alrababah -- Impact of public access to ICT skills on job prospects in Rwanda / Jean Damascène Mazimpaka, Théodomir Mugiraneza, and Ramata Molo Thioune -- Personal objectives and the impact of internet cafés in China / Francisco J. Proenza, Wei Shang, Guoxin Li, Jianbin Hao, Oluwasefunmi 'Tale Arogundade, and Martin S. Hagger -- Problematic internet use among \ internet café users in China / Wei Shang, Xuemei Jiang, Jianbin Hao, and Xiaoguang Yang -- The contribution of five "Télécentres communautaires polyvalents" to Cameroon's rural secondary education / Sylvie Siyam Siwe, Laurent Aristide Eyinga Eyinga, Avis Momeni, Olga Balbine Tsafack Nguekeng, Abiodun Jagun, Ramata Molo Thioune, and Francisco J. Proenza -- II. Facilitating includion and enabling the buildup of social capital: The appropriation of computer and internet access by low-income urban youth in Argentina / Sebastián Benítez Larghi, Carolina Aguerre, Marina Laura Calamari, Ariel Fontecoba, Marina Moguillansky, Jimena Orchuela, and Jimena Ponce de León -- Impact of public access to computer and the internet on the connectedness of rural Malaysians / Nor Aziah Alias, Marhaini Mohd Noor, Francisco J. Proenza, Haziah Jamaludin, Izaham Shah Ismail, and Sulaiman Hashim -- The capacity- enhancing power of ICT : the case of rural community-based organizations in the Peruvian Andes / Jorge Bossio, Juan Fernando Bossio, and Laura León with the collaboration of María Alejandra Campos and Gabriela Perona -- III. Impact on women: Women and cybercafés in Uttar Pradesh / Nidhi Mehta and Balwant Singh Mehta -- The impact of public access to telecenters : social appropriation of ICT by Chilean women / Alejandra Phillippi and Patricia Peña -- Cybercafés and community ICT training centers : empowering women migrant workers in Thailand / Nikos Dacanay, Mary Luz Feranil, Ryan V. Silverio, and Mai M. Taqueban -- IV. A place to learn, a place to play, a place to dream, a place to fall from grace: Public access impact and poloicy implications / Francisco J. Proenza with the collaboration of Erwin A. Alampay, Roxana Barrantes, Hernán Galperin, Abiodun Jagun, George Sciadas, Ramata Molo Thioune, and Kentaro Toyama.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Information society -- Economic aspects; Digital divide -- Developing countries; Information technology -- Developing countries; Information technology -- Economic aspects