Athma Nirbhar Bharat: A New Self Resilient India

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Nandan
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Political Class ◽  
Cultural Divide ◽  
Political Divide

In India, we can see digital divide, economic divide, cultural divide, societal divide, lifestyle divide, demographic divide, political divide, legal divide, geographical divide, etc. Though it has been a seve decades we got independence still India is developing country and Indians are underdeveloped. Is it Lord Brahma written the fate of India? Or Political class, business Class, bureaucrats have written? Even after all foreign invaders had left India, still the life of India is not developed to the fullest potential. The richer is getting richer and poorer is getting poorer and middle class is under middle class itself. Why it is like this? What made India still is not developed? Is it the policy decisions of governments since independence hav gone wrong? Or Greediness of politicians have made Indians to suffer like this? To whom we have to blame or is it the innocence of people is leverage for rich class? Questions are plenty but at the same time we also have answers. How effective these answers are we have to introspect? Will the athmanirbhar bharath will solve these questions with right answers. Let us explore the policies, measures and incentives under this nava bharath nirman scheme called athmanirbhar bharath.

Development of Digital Libraries in Pakistan

2009 ◽  
pp. 482-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanwal Ameen ◽  
Muhammad Rafiq
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Common Environment ◽  
Cultural Divide

This chapter aims to discuss the development of digital libraries in Pakistan. It gives an account of the digital transformation taking place in the country and reviews a few digital library initiatives. It discusses a number of issues associated with the development of digital libraries with specific reference to Pakistan. The major issues appear are as follows: misconception about digital libraries; lack of technological applications; lack of human resources with needed skills; copyright and publishing; cultural divide; digital divide, and insufficient financial support. The authors believe that understanding the underlying issues will not only accelerate the development of DL in Pakistan, but also in other developing countries with more or less common environment.

‘Digital indigestion’: cumbia, class and a post-digital ethos in Buenos Aires

Popular Music ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Baker
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Local Form ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
The Third ◽  
Popular Classes ◽  
Latin Americanism

AbstractThis article focuses on three recent manifestations of cumbia in Buenos Aires, Argentina: digital cumbia released by ZZK Records; retro cumbia orchestras; and a newer strand of digital cumbia, música turra. The first two are identified with the middle class, whereas the third emerged from the clases populares (‘popular classes’). Música turra is underpinned by government policies towards digital inclusion, while middle-class incursions into the traditionally working-class sphere of cumbia, too, suggest increasing social cohesion. However, the digital fascination of música turra contrasts with an embrace of the analogue and acoustic in middle-class cumbia. These developments point to the emergence of a post-digital ethos and a shift from a digital to a post-digital divide, also running along class lines, analysed here through a Bourdieusian lens of taste and distinction. While transnational in nature, the post-digital ethos appears in Buenos Aires in a distinctive local form, articulated to growing Latin Americanism and post-neoliberalism on the part of the middle class.

scholarly journals Understanding the Barriers to the Use of MOOCs in a Developing Country: An Innovation Resistance Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Ma ◽  
Chei Sian Lee
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Resistance Theory

Despite the promised benefits of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) to address the digital divide and promote equity in educational opportunities, the use of MOOCs is still lagging especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study is to investigate the barriers underlying the adoption of MOOCs in the context of a developing country. Drawing from the theoretical framework of innovation resistance theory, this study conducted focus group discussions with 69 college students in China, a major developing country in Asia. It was found that innovation resistance theory is plausible to explain the barriers to adopting MOOCs. Our results showed that the main barriers in the adoption of MOOCs encountered by students in a developing country are usage barrier, value barrier, and tradition barrier. Furthermore, to complement the perspective of innovation resistance theory, this study also conducted an inductive analysis to identify other types of obstacles hindering students' use of MOOCs. It was found that individual factors (e.g., self-control and attitude) as well as the environment (e.g., promotion and economical circumstance) are also barriers to the use of MOOCs. Implications and suggestions for practice are also discussed.

Online protest participation and the digital divide: Modeling the effect of the digital divide on online petition-signing

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 698-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Elliott ◽  
Jennifer Earl
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Selection Effect ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Heckman Model ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
Digital Divides ◽  
Online Activism ◽  
Main Effects

Scholars have long been concerned about the effect that digital inequalities might have on marginalized populations. Concern for the “digital divide” extends to social movement scholars, who worry that the digital divide will lead to social movements privileging the concerns of the middle class over those of disadvantaged groups. We argue for a novel way of testing for such effects—the use of a Heckman regression model to model participation in online activism. The Heckman model separately models selection effects (i.e. first-level digital divides that affect Internet access) and main effects (i.e. second-level digital divides and classic predictors of micro-mobilization). We find that the digital divide in access does not exert a selection effect and that the digital divide in usage exerts minimal effects in models predicting online petition-signing.

scholarly journals Exploring the Gender Digital Divide in E-Government Use in a Developing Country

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ali Acilar
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Digital Gap ◽  
Services Use

This article explores the gender digital divide in e-government use in Turkey. Historical trends and differences in internet and e-government use by males and females are investigated. The findings of this study indicate that although internet use has increased over the years, there remains a steady and significant gap between males and females in terms of internet use and e-government services use. It appears that females in Turkey tend to be on the wrong side of the digital divide, and a significant number of females do not benefit from the potential advantages of the internet and e-government services. The gender digital gap in e-government use is higher than in internet use.

Tourism and technology in the global economy: challenges for small island states

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diffusion Of Technology ◽  
Island States

Purpose – This paper sets the stage for research on the willingness and readiness of a developing country to fully embrace the changes in tourism that are being facilitated by rapidly changing technological advancements. The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the technological advancements and the debates surrounding technology adoption within the context of Jamaica. Design/methodology/approach – Using Jamaica, a developing country low on internet penetration as the site of investigation, this work suggests that there are lessons to be learned from broadly assessing its context economically, socially and technologically. This specific case is juxtaposed against the theoretical works on diffusion of technology and the digital divide to indicate the way forward for the local tourist industry. Findings – The work shows that technology diffusion and adoption has become an important area of research globally. For countries that are heavily dependent on inbound travel from regions of the world with high technology penetration and a clientele which is increasingly expecting cutting edge technology to be part and parcel of their travel plans, this type of research and application of new technologies to the travel package are critical to survival and growth. Research limitations/implications – The practical application of this paper is that it suggests that Jamaica and other developing countries can learn valuable lessons from the debates and discussions in the literature relating to technology adoption in the tourism context. Originality/value – This paper is original in that it introduces a research concept that is new for the context of Jamaican tourist industry and places the research context within the theoretical framework on the digital divide.

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