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

[scott at scottmacleod.com]

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 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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