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Communication and Information Technologies Annual: Digital Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Laura Robinson (Ed.)
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Description for Communication and Information Technologies Annual: Digital Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hardback. This volume examines many aspects impacting the digital divide in Latin America and the politics of digital inclusion including mobile youth identities, technology affordability, school transformation by digital media, the diffusion of e-commerce platforms and digital technology in SMEs. Series: Studies in Media and Communications. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTC; JFD; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 304 x 27. Weight in Grams: 688.
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume assembles relevant research focusing on ICTs in Latin America and the Caribbean-two understudied areas of global importance. Regarding Latin America, the mobile broadband revolution is taking place and the spread of mobile telephony and broadband Internet is beginning to reach more economically diverse populations. Concerning the Caribbean, this region reflects perhaps the greatest cultural, geographical and linguistic diversity in the Western hemisphere. Because of historical links with Africa, Europe and other metropoles and the region's proximity to the United States and ... Read more
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume assembles relevant research focusing on ICTs in Latin America and the Caribbean-two understudied areas of global importance. Regarding Latin America, the mobile broadband revolution is taking place and the spread of mobile telephony and broadband Internet is beginning to reach more economically diverse populations. Concerning the Caribbean, this region reflects perhaps the greatest cultural, geographical and linguistic diversity in the Western hemisphere. Because of historical links with Africa, Europe and other metropoles and the region's proximity to the United States and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Studies in Media and Communications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786354822
SKU
V9781786354822
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About Laura Robinson (Ed.)
Laura Robinson, Department of Sociology, Santa Clara University Jeremy Schulz, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkeley Hopeton S. Dunn, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication, University of the West Indies at Mona
Reviews for Communication and Information Technologies Annual: Digital Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Focusing on conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean, this volume of Studies in Media and Communications examines issues of digital inclusion related to young people, women, government policy making, and political engagement at the national and community levels. International contributors are experts in political science, social communication, media education, digital media, communications policy, gender and development studies, and social ... Read more