Deploying Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Enhance Participation in Local Governance for Citizens with Disabilities

2011 ◽  
pp. 91-108
Author(s):  
John C. Bricout ◽  
Paul M.A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Empirical Testing ◽  
Technology Access ◽  
Promising Technology ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer a promising technology for citizens with disabilities to participate in local e-governance planning and implementation, provided that underlying issues of social exclusion and technology accessibility are properly addressed. Existing research suggests that for citizens with disabilities gateway issues such as technology access, usability, community- and government-receptivity are barriers to participation in local e-governance. Results from a pilot study indicate that the e-governance landscape for people with disabilities is heterogeneous; likely reflecting both differences within the disability community, as well as among the online governance entities. Systematic changes to the development, implementation, and evaluation of local e-governance for people with disabilities are recommended, informed by an analytical model suitable for empirical testing.

Deploying Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Enhance Participation in Local Governance for Citizens with Disabilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Bricout ◽  
Paul M. A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Empirical Testing ◽  
Technology Access ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer a promising technology for citizens with disabilities to participate in local e-governance planning and implementation, provided that underlying issues of social exclusion and technology accessibility are properly addressed. Existing research suggests that for citizens with disabilities gateway issues such as technology access, usability, community- and government-receptivity are barriers to participation in local e-governance. Results from a pilot study indicate that the e-governance landscape for people with disabilities is heterogeneous; likely reflecting both differences within the disability community, as well as among the online governance entities. Systematic changes to the development, implementation, and evaluation of local e-governance for people with disabilities are recommended, informed by an analytical model suitable for empirical testing.

scholarly journals Impact of the use of Information and Communication Technologies on Business Performance: Tunisian Context-Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 3261-3280
Author(s):  
Achwak Chouchane ◽  
Hanene Louati
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Empirical Testing ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Business Sectors

The focus of the current study is analyze the impact of the use of ICT on the performance of Tunisian companies. These companies must be always fully aware of the importance of a practical valorization of ICTs that bring about socio-economic development. Thus, using ICTs on Tunisian companies’ performance has unquestionably remained a vital need. In fact, this study is carried out on a sample of 150 Tunisian companies operating in different business sectors. We chose the quantitative method. So, to test our conceptual model, we applied the exploratory factor analysis and then the structural equation methods. The empirical testing of hypotheses of this research led to partially confirm the influence of ICTs on the performance of Tunisian companies. In this regard, the companies surveyed are almost aware of the importance of the value of ICT, which implies an insufficient use of ICTs and an incomplete maturity of this field.

Impact on Information and Communication Technologies versus anaerobic physical activity in patients with mild Alzheimer´s disease: A pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Enrique de la Rubia Orti ◽  
Carmen Cabanes Iranzo ◽  
Sandra Sancho Castillo ◽  
Jose Luis Platero Armero ◽  
Maria Benlloch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication

Habermas, Networks and Virtual Public Spheres

2011 ◽  
pp. 72-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veena V. Raman
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Divides ◽  
The Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Public Sphere

This chapter examines Habermas’ conceptualization of the public sphere as it applies to a non-Western context, in Bangalore City, India. It provides examples of how Information and Communication Technologies are being used to empower ordinary citizens to participate in local governance, though deep digital divides persist. The chapter highlights problematic aspects of using technologies to promote better governance in the face of pervasive asymmetries in access to resources, power to leverage networks, and in levels of civic competencies. Drawing on the capabilities approach, it argues that there is need for a blended model of deliberative ‘e-democracy’ that does not privilege online venues and interactions, but employs technologies in strategic combinations with existing civic networks to improve governance in developing countries.

scholarly journals Digitalization: new risks for people with disabilities. Problem statement

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
N. N. Meshcheryakova ◽  
E. N. Rogotneva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Technological Support ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Information

The philosophy of independent living implies the possibilities of leading a life independent of third parties for people with disabilities. Digitalization of the most important spheres of activity: education, employment and employment, health care, public administration is considered, among other things, as the most important tool for solving this problem. But, as empirical studies show, the secondary analysis of the results of which is carried out in this article, at the moment, digitalization creates additional social barriers, increasing segregation and exacerbating the inequality of this social community. The availability of modern information and communication technologies and the ability to use them are influenced by both independent factors common for the population (age, education, income, type of settlement), and specific ones inherent only in this social community (nosology and severity of a functional defect). Inattention within the framework of digitalization programs to the fact that disability has an individual trajectory and for the full use of modern information and communication technologies, people with disabilities need assistive technologies, the costs for them, the compatibility of auxiliary software with the design of websites is one of the main reasons for the emergence of digital inequality in this category of the population.To minimize digital barriers, depending on the individual needs of disabled people, it is proposed:1) to expand the functions, competencies and technical capabilities of social workers and / or organize technological support of life activities by volunteers;2) to develop programs of additional information education;3) to calculate the costs of assistive technologies for individual nosologies to provide targeted social assistance;4) to encourage and subsidize the development of assistive technologies within the framework of state financial assistance to high-tech developments;5) to take into account the special needs of people with disabilities in digitalization programs.

scholarly journals The Politics of (Dis)Information: Crippled America, the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie J Cork ◽  
Paul T Jaeger ◽  
Shannon Jette ◽  
Stefanie Ebrahimoff
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
National Level ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Presidential Campaigns ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
Information And Communication

Politics – especially presidential campaigns – are an important means by which to examine the values and issues that are given priority by members of a society and the people who wish to be leaders of that society. The issues discussed in a campaign, and the ways in which they are discussed, reveal much about social attitudes and policy goals. In the past twenty years, information and communication technologies have become simultaneously central policy issues at the national level (access, privacy, security, etc.) and the main channels by which candidates engage their supporters (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.). In this paper we examine both of these roles of information and communication technologies in the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States through the lens of disability issues. This particular focus was driven by: the occurrence of the 25th Anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act during the first year of the campaign, and, more significantly, the intersection of disability, information, and technology as a major civil rights issue for people with disabilities, who represent nearly one-fifth of the population of the United States. For this study we collected and analyzed campaign materials released online about disability issues by selected presidential campaigns, as well as news stories and other related Web content, to better understand the issues related to disability being discussed in the campaign and implications of those issues for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Inclusive Process of Educational Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Olena Budnyk ◽  
Mykhaylo Kotyk
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Inclusive Process ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Information And Communication

The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of using information and communication technologies (ICT) to partially solve the problem of accessibility to education for certain categories of people with disabilities and improving the quality of educational services. Theneed for introducing open access repositories with educational and scientific content is emphasized, which will allow alternative ways of gaining knowledge despite time or space constraints. The advantages and disadvantages of using ICT in the inclusive process are outlined, and their main types are proposed which can be used to support inclusive education. The features of creating an effective computer-integrated learning environment in the inclusive process are identified, forms and methods of working with children with special needs using ICT are presented. The authors display the results of a survey of teachers regarding their attitude to this problem and their professional skills in using ICT in the educational process of a general secondary educational institution. The article focuses on the necessity to study and promote assistive technologies in inclusive learning, which are developed today in the world to enable people with disabilities to get education and their social integration. These technologies give people the opportunity to learn effectively, receive new information, communicate through devices to control computer equipment, including remotely; reading electrical signals, etc. The difficulties of implementing ICT in inclusive education of Ukraine are substantiated, among them: high cost of ICT, especially assistive technologies; lack of computer software at educational institutions, lack of powerful internet, especially in rural areas; low level of digital literacy of teachers, especially regarding the use of special training tools; often their conservative attitude to innovations, online communication with students with special educational needs; the lack of support for such students as for the use of specialized ICTs and others.

To include, or not to include, that is the question: Disability digital inclusion and exclusion in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 4436-4452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongxuan Lin ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
Zhi’an Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Social Mechanism ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly important for people with disabilities (PWDs), suggesting digital inclusion as a possible social mechanism against the social exclusion of disability. This study suggests a more complicated relationship between ICTs and disability. Situated in a Chinese context and based on research methods of ethnographic participant observation and in-depth interviews, this study explains why and how social exclusion of disability in China leads to PWDs’ exodus to the Internet, where they find a possible habitat of digital and social inclusion notwithstanding the risk of more profound social exclusion. The study finally argues that the Internet habitat of PWDs is both a material enclave and a discourse heterotopia for understanding Chinese society, disability, and ICTs. In addition, future studies should further include PWDs in this field.

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