DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO DIGITAL EXCLUSION: Local Nets versus Internet Cafés
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There is a growing interest in the social impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially in relation to social inclusion or exclusion. With the rapid growth of new technologies and the development of an Information Society, it has almost become necessary to have access to ICTs and the skills to use them in order to be able to participate fully in contemporary society. Digital inclusion has almost become a prerequisite for social inclusion (Ferlander, 2003).
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