Computer usage by low-income people in emerging countries
Dear all, I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an attempt to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome. I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them. Thanks in advance, Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&...
Here's one of the first studies on homelessness and the internet I know of: Rogers, E. M., Collins-Jarvis, L., & Schmitz, J. (1994). The Pen Project in Santa Monica: Interactive communication, equality, and political action. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 45, 401410. with some more context here: http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/465/430 Barry Wellman has done some interesting work with Netville here, too, I think. I've also created a new section at http://www.webnographers.org/index.php?title=Papers#Homelessness_and_Virtual _Ethnography - I'd like to invited AIRs to add more references here. Best, Scott http://scottmacleod.com http://worlduniversity.wikia.com Jayr Pimentel writes:
Dear all,
I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an attempt to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them.
Thanks in advance,
Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
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While not on the subject of low-income people or home use, Yuri Takhtayev's recently completed dissertation on software development in Brazil might have some interesting present-day and historical information that would complement your study and point you in interesting directions. I think there is also an interesting take on inequality and reproduction at a global level that you might find thought-provoking. See: http://takhteyev.org/dissertation/ See especially Part II for historical material. Regards, Dan Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jayr Pimentel <jayrpimentel@hotmail.com>wrote:
Dear all,
I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an attempt to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them.
Thanks in advance,
Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
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You may have interest in the work that Dr Dawn Nafus did on emerging markets and technology adoption, especially her Technology Metabolism Index. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/intel-anthropol/ Cheers, Sharon Sharon Greenfield Digital Ethnographer @SharonG On Oct 4, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Dan Perkel wrote:
While not on the subject of low-income people or home use, Yuri Takhtayev's recently completed dissertation on software development in Brazil might have some interesting present-day and historical information that would complement your study and point you in interesting directions. I think there is also an interesting take on inequality and reproduction at a global level that you might find thought-provoking. See: http://takhteyev.org/dissertation/
See especially Part II for historical material.
Regards,
Dan
Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jayr Pimentel <jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
wrote:
Dear all,
I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an attempt to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them.
Thanks in advance,
Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
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Hi Jayr ~ This book speaks to part of your question but is mostly based in the U.S. (still a good title for your list): High technology and low-income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=6450 Best, Jessie Daniels, PhD Associate Professor Urban Public Health Hunter College New York, NY * * * http://www.jessiedanielsphd.com * * * My latest book: *Cyber Racism* http://www.cyberracism.com On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Dan Perkel <dperkel@ischool.berkeley.edu>wrote:
While not on the subject of low-income people or home use, Yuri Takhtayev's recently completed dissertation on software development in Brazil might have some interesting present-day and historical information that would complement your study and point you in interesting directions. I think there is also an interesting take on inequality and reproduction at a global level that you might find thought-provoking. See: http://takhteyev.org/dissertation/
See especially Part II for historical material.
Regards,
Dan
Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jayr Pimentel <jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
wrote:
Dear all,
I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an
attempt
to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them.
Thanks in advance,
Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
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I added this, too, to http://www.webnographers.org/index.php?title=Books#Digital_Divide_and_Intern et_Ethnography with the preview from Google Books, as well. Scott Jessie Daniels writes:
Hi Jayr ~
This book speaks to part of your question but is mostly based in the U.S. (still a good title for your list):
High technology and low-income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=6450
Best, Jessie Daniels, PhD Associate Professor Urban Public Health Hunter College New York, NY * * * http://www.jessiedanielsphd.com * * * My latest book: *Cyber Racism* http://www.cyberracism.com
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Dan Perkel <dperkel@ischool.berkeley.edu>wrote:
While not on the subject of low-income people or home use, Yuri Takhtayev's recently completed dissertation on software development in Brazil might have some interesting present-day and historical information that would complement your study and point you in interesting directions. I think there is also an interesting take on inequality and reproduction at a global level that you might find thought-provoking. See: http://takhteyev.org/dissertation/
See especially Part II for historical material.
Regards,
Dan
Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jayr Pimentel <jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
wrote:
Dear all,
I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an
attempt
to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them.
Thanks in advance,
Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
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I added Yuri's Ph.D. and reference to http://www.webnographers.org/index.php?title=Papers#Theses_.28Ph.D.s.2C_Mast ers.2C_etc..29 (Thanks, Yuri, for writing this :) Eszter Hargittai's Ph.D. (here, too) focuses on inequality, as well. There's a free Doctor of Education at Harvard beginning in 2010 (for 25 admitted) which I've listed here under FREE DEGREE PROGRAMS at World University and School courses - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses Best, Scott http://scottmacleod.com http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University Dan Perkel writes:
While not on the subject of low-income people or home use, Yuri Takhtayev's recently completed dissertation on software development in Brazil might have some interesting present-day and historical information that would complement your study and point you in interesting directions. I think there is also an interesting take on inequality and reproduction at a global level that you might find thought-provoking. See: http://takhteyev.org/dissertation/
See especially Part II for historical material.
Regards,
Dan
Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jayr Pimentel <jayrpimentel@hotmail.com>wrote:
Dear all,
I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using computers at home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype, facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an attempt to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital inclusion. I am currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now enough money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my attention to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you send me any hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books, articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently working on the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion, computer and social interaction and computer versus other electronic devices (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I would be glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues interested in. Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for those who may want to have a look at them.
Thanks in advance,
Jay Pimentel Masters - Department of Sociology University of Sao Paulo jayrpimentel@hotmail.com
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