Public Access ICT across Cultures : Diversifying Participation in the Network Society

Francisco J. Proenza

• Editorial: The MIT Press
• Año: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781552505694
• Categoría: Politics & International Relations
• Categoría: Science & Technology Public Policy

Public access venues – most often Internet cafés in cities and state-run rural telecentres – are places where people can use computers and the Internet. This volume offers the first systematic assessment of the impact of shared public access in the developing world, with findings from 10 countries in South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru), Asia (China, India, Malaysia, Thailand), and Africa (Cameroon, Jordan, Rwanda). The book documents the impacts of public access, positive and negative, on individuals, society and networks, and women, and examines the policy implications of findings.Contributing Editors: Erwin A. Alampay, Roxana Barrantes, Hernán Galperín, Abiodun Jagun, George Sciadas, Ramata Molo Thioune, and Kentaro Toyama