Imagining APNA Punjab in Cyberspace

2005 ◽  
pp. 405-411
Author(s):  
Anjali Gera Roy
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson have observed a motif of discontinuousness in modernist organizations of space. The modern map, which splits the world into a number of discrete, separate formations best illustrates the modernist premise of discontinuity (1997). Gupta and Ferguson discern a pattern of interconnected spaces marking the relations between groups and cultures (1997). This reconceptualization of space as interconnected has been triggered by the connectivity of the electronic media and new information and communication technologies (ICT).

ICTs and Their Impact on Women's Roles and Evolution within Developing Societies

2015 ◽  
pp. 1452-1473
Author(s):  
Ana-Cristina Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Promote Gender Equality ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Technologies

The Internet is definitely the most complex and dynamic technical and cultural phenomenon that humanity ever experienced. Nevertheless, despite its positive impact on the Western world, Web 2.0 has yet to prove its power in the undeveloped regions of the globe, where the Internet Era is still at its dawn. In developing countries, the barriers that women face, such as poverty or social imbalances, establish significant challenges that hinder connectivity and access to modern technologies. In this context, the chapter discusses the evolution of gender speech in relation to new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors determine whether the declarations and plans for action that were issued subsequent to the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing enhanced the establishment of gendered policies on ICTs, particularly in the undeveloped regions of the world, and whether, in this way, they empower women, contribute to combating women's poverty, and promote gender equality.

scholarly journals Modernization of Agriculture and Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Farmers in Coastal Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
Subejo Subejo ◽  
Dyah Woro Untari ◽  
Ratih Ineke Wati ◽  
Gagar Mewasdinta
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Telecommunication Network ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Information And Communication

In the development process, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), which also commonly referred to as electronic media or cyber media have been acknowledged as a new instrument that could facilitate the need of new information and innovation for rural people or farmers. However, several studies reported that extension and communication based-electronic media in developing countries encounter more problems rather than in developed countries. This research aims to investigate the ownership, access, utilization or functions of ICTs for obtaining information supporting the daily life of farmers and for promoting various farming activities in the coastal area of Kulon Progo Regency Yogyakarta. The research method of the study was a descriptive method that has been conducted by a mixed method. The study found that in line with modernization in agriculture, farmers have been using conventional and new electronic media including television, radio and mobile phone with function for getting new information. Conventional electronic media are still dominant while the use of new electronic media has been gradually increasing. Information gathered from ICTs includes social, cultural, economic, health and environmental issues. The use of new electronic media particularly the internet via smartphone has newly started to be utilized among farmers in the coastal farming area who intensively engaged in horticulture crops cultivation mainly for getting and exchange the market information. Information on technological innovation is still dominant among farmers. Better infrastructure and mobility access, improvement of telecommunication network and development of content and format of information provided by new media will be prospective in the future

Internet and Political Parties in Chile

2010 ◽  
pp. 276-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Araya Moreno ◽  
Diego Barría ◽  
Gustavo Campos
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

Due to the importance that the Internet has gained as a means of communication, literature on political communication has incorporated it as one of its preferred topics of focus. Literature stems almost entirely from Europe and the United States. Very little is known about the political use of new information and communication technologies (NICTs) in other parts of the world. The present chapter aims to provide evidence in that line, starting from the study of the incorporation of the Chilean political parties to the Internet. In specific, the following questions are answered: In what extent do factors such as the organizational characteristics of the political parties explain their greater or lesser adoption of NICTs? What do parties use NICTs for? Furthermore, although briefly, the authors will try to answer the question whether the parties have experienced change in their interaction with the citizenry and their bases because of the usage of NICTs.

Designing and Implementing E-Government Projects in India

2015 ◽  
pp. 228-254
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Network Systems ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

The recent, rapid global proliferation of the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has sparked an explosive increase in an already steadily-growing stream of scholarly and practitioner literature on the applicative potential of e-government initiatives for development. Attracted by the potential intrinsic to these innovative digital technologies, platforms, and applications, political actors across the world have adopted computer-based network-systems for strategic use in government; as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration, and in public service provision. This research chapter, through the delineation of an electronic property tax collection system, deployed in Bangalore, India, analyses and unravels the strategic actor interactions shaping similar e-government initiatives, globally; predominantly, through a detailed scholarly examination of prevailing actor behaviours, motivations, and interactions. The research presented herein considers, thus, not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project, but also the disjunctions apparent within these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

Designing and Implementing E-Government Projects for Democracy and Social Change in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 437-468
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

Attracted by the new Information and Communication Technologies, actors across the world have adopted computer-based systems for use in government as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration and public service provision. This book chapter, through the study of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India, seeks to unravel the social dynamics shaping similar e-government initiatives. The research upon which this chapter is based analyses prevailing actor behaviour, motivations, and interactions; examining not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project's implementation and transformation, but also the disjunctions in these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

ICTs and Their Impact on Women's Roles and Evolution within Developing Societies

2013 ◽  
pp. 335-358
Author(s):  
Ana-Cristina Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Promote Gender Equality ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Technologies

The Internet is definitely the most complex and dynamic technical and cultural phenomenon that humanity ever experienced. Nevertheless, despite its positive impact on the Western world, Web 2.0 has yet to prove its power in the undeveloped regions of the globe, where the Internet Era is still at its dawn. In developing countries, the barriers that women face, such as poverty or social imbalances, establish significant challenges that hinder connectivity and access to modern technologies. In this context, the chapter discusses the evolution of gender speech in relation to new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors determine whether the declarations and plans for action that were issued subsequent to the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing enhanced the establishment of gendered policies on ICTs, particularly in the undeveloped regions of the world, and whether, in this way, they empower women, contribute to combating women's poverty, and promote gender equality.

Designing and Implementing e-Government Projects for Democracy and Social Change in India

2015 ◽  
pp. 193-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

Attracted by the new Information and Communication Technologies, actors across the world have adopted computer-based systems for use in government as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration and public service provision. This book chapter, through the study of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India, seeks to unravel the social dynamics shaping similar e-government initiatives. The research upon which this chapter is based analyses prevailing actor behaviour, motivations, and interactions; examining not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project's implementation and transformation, but also the disjunctions in these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

scholarly journals A revolução das tecnologias de informação e comunicação: conseqüências sociais, econômicas e culturais

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Lívia Bergo Coelho Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Near Future

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as conseqüências do surgimento e utilização das novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação (NTIC), nos dias de hoje e num futuro próximo. Questionamos quais seriam os efeitos mais profundos e alterações irreversíveis ocasionadas pela incorporação desse tipo de tecnologia. Para tanto, identificamos os processos dominantes em nossa atual realidade, cada vez mais baseados na lógica das redes, que se tornaram o modo principal de organização das atividades humanas. Também as influências sociais, econômicas e culturais são questões fundamentais a serem pautadas quando estudamos elementos com tamanha penetração e com estreita relação com as formas de poder. Por fim, discutimos o acesso às NTIC, que, ao mesmo tempo que conectam indivíduos de todas as partes do mundo, fazem daqueles já excluídos do acesso às tecnologias pessoas ainda mais desconectadas. Um dos objetivos é entender como essa exclusão se dá, neste espaço cada vez menos físico. AbstractThis study aims to analyze the consequences of the appearing and use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), today and in the near future. It calls into question what are the more profound effects and irreversible changes caused by the incorporation of such technology. Thus, we have identified the dominant processes in our present reality, increasingly based on the logic of networks, which became the main organization form of the human activities. Also, social, economic and cultural influences are fundamental issues to be considered when studying elements with such penetration and that close to the forms of power. Finally, we discuss access to ICTs, which, while connecting people from all over the world, make those already excluded from access to technologies even more disconnected people. One of the goals here is to understand how this exclusion is done in this space each time less physical.

Designing and Implementing E-Government Projects in India

2016 ◽  
pp. 502-523
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Network Systems ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

The recent, rapid global proliferation of the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has sparked an explosive increase in an already steadily-growing stream of scholarly and practitioner literature on the applicative potential of e-government initiatives for development. Attracted by the potential intrinsic to these innovative digital technologies, platforms, and applications, political actors across the world have adopted computer-based network-systems for strategic use in government; as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration, and in public service provision. This research chapter, through the delineation of an electronic property tax collection system, deployed in Bangalore, India, analyses and unravels the strategic actor interactions shaping similar e-government initiatives, globally; predominantly, through a detailed scholarly examination of prevailing actor behaviours, motivations, and interactions. The research presented herein considers, thus, not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project, but also the disjunctions apparent within these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

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