By Gustavo Cardoso, Angus Cheong, Jeffrey Cole
This publication addresses the position of web adoption and use within the context of social, financial and cultural transition in additional than 20 international locations and areas. themes and issues variety from net as a media to its political dimensions; from electronic literacy to using net in day-by-day exercises; and from dependancy and sociabilities to on-line content material construction and sharing. This booklet takes readers on a countrywide and cross-national trip of study of net use in 5 continents. individuals, every one in his or her personal method, boost new hypotheses and theories in regards to the influence of the net on daily life on the micro-level and social improvement on the macro-level, utilizing information accrued by means of the area net undertaking (WIP) within the final decade.
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Through the ICT and especially through the adoption and Internet use, there is an opportunity to prevent some people from being excluded from social development processes and products. Further, Gutierrez and Trimmino argue that, through the use of impact measure, the Internet and computer use could stimulate the community participation in the short term. This second part of the book ends with a chapter by Anikó Bernát, Zoltán Fábián, Anna Galácz and Bence Ságvári who examine digital literacy in Hungary.
As shown below, the impact of broadband depends not only on the frequency and duration Internet use, but also on the variety and diversity of use (OECD, 2007). In fact, broadband plays a role of accelerator for various online activities, as demonstrated by the research in Australia led by Ewing and Thomas (2009) or that in Sweden by Findahl (2009). In addition, the shift towards broadband connection has not only drawn a wide range of social and individual entertainment functions into the scope of Internet use, but also made the traditional forms of recreational electronics accessible online – from listening to and downloading music to a wide range of radio and television programs.
Images on screens, which used to be viewed on different platforms in specific locations and at predictable times, now transcend space and time, particularly for the younger generations. The question asked here is: how do young people appropriate and evaluate movie and video game content? Are rating systems still relevant in these new media environments? In order to begin answering such questions, Caron and Caronia suggest that we need to better understand the needs, expectations and skills of today’s youth.
