[Air-L] Computer usage by low-income people in emerging countries

[Jessie Daniels]

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
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http://www.jessiedanielsphd.com
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My latest book: *Cyber Racism*
http://www.cyberracism.com




On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Dan Perkel <dperkel at 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 at 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 at hotmail.com
> >
> >
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