Digital Democracy in Rural Indonesia

Saving mother's lives in rural Indonesia.

Measuring Platform Effects in Digital Democracy

Online discussions are the essence of many social platforms on the Internet. Conversations in online forums are traditionally presented in a hierarchical structure. In contrast, online social networking services usually show discussions linearly by sorting messages in chronological order. How discussion networks are affected by choosing a specific view has never been investigated in the literat...

Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy

This paper interrogates the currently pervasive discourse of the 'net generation' finding the concept of the 'digital native' especially problematic, both empirically and conceptually. We draw on a research project of South African higher education students' access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to show that age is not a determining factor in students' digital l...

Model for Digital Economy in Indonesia

This study introduces the early development of digital economy in Indonesia. e-Business activity is growing at an unprecedented rate in Indonesia as indicated by the number of online real time transactions (Real Time Gross Settlement) recorded by Bank Indonesia (Indonesian Central Bank), the emergence of dotcom companies, and the use of ICT in conventional business (a combination of brick & mor...

Going Digital in Rural America

These simple thoughts—pros and cons—provide few guidelines for rural residents or policymakers. More useful is the distinction made by Mikel Landabaso, whose perspective on the development of lessdeveloped regions groups requirements for development into those that are necessary and those that are sufficient. The necessary conditions are basic physical infrastructure and human resources with a ...