Climatic Change and Cultural Change in the Sahara Over the Last 130 Ka

Diachronic Climatic Impacts on Water Resources ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-61084-4_1 ◽

1996 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nicole Petit-Maire

Keyword(s):

Climatic Change ◽

Cultural Change

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Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe

10.1017/cbo9780511600449 ◽

2001 ◽

Keyword(s):

Climatic Change ◽

Hominoid Evolution

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Landscape development in response to climatic change during Oxygen Isotope Stage 5 in the southern Siberian loess region

Boreas ◽

10.1080/03009480410001127 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 164-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Jiri Chlachula ◽

Rob Kemp ◽

Catherine Jessen ◽

Adrian Palmer ◽

Phillip Toms

Keyword(s):

Oxygen Isotope ◽

Climatic Change ◽

Landscape Development ◽

Oxygen Isotope Stage ◽

Loess Region

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Information and Communication Technology and Cultural Change

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000123 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 222-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Nina Hansen ◽

Tom Postmes ◽

Nikita van der Vinne ◽

Wendy van Thiel

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Control Group ◽

Self Construal ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Impact ◽

Ict For Development ◽

Practical Implications

This paper studies whether and how information and communication technology (ICT) changes self-construal and cultural values in a developing country. Ethiopian children were given laptops in the context of an ICT for development scheme. We compared children who used laptops (n = 69) with a control group without laptops (n = 76) and a second control group of children whose laptop had broken down (n = 24). Results confirmed that after 1 year of laptop usage, the children’s self-concept had become more independent and children endorsed individualist values more strongly. Interestingly, the impact of laptop usage on cultural values was mediated by self-construal (moderated mediation). Importantly, modernization did not “crowd out” traditional culture: ICT usage was not associated with a reduction in traditional expressions (interdependent self-construal, collectivist values). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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