In the move from pre-literate to modern society there were few technological advances and the speed of mechanical devices was slow as well. The sensory shift occurred between an emphasis on the ear in the oral society to the visual in the modern literate society. The few changes and slow movement insured that individual and societal reactions to innovation were delayed and absorbed over a consi...

This study describes differences in infant and child mortality in Mongolia and examines the main possible determinants of mortality. The policy implications are discussed. Data were obtained from the 1994 Demographic Survey of Mongolia among 2030 women and 1026 men aged 15-49 years and 4685 children. Analysis was limited by the small sample size and the unavailability of data on access to he...

One of the greatest challenges in providing information and communi-cation technology access is that about 775 million people in the worldare completely non-literate and many are able to read only with greatdifficulty and effort. Even though mobile phone penetration is growingvery fast, people with low levels of literacy have been found to avoidcomplex functions, and primari...

BACKGROUND eHealth literacy is defined as the ability of people to use emerging information and communications technologies to improve or enable health and health care. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to explore whether literacy disparities are diminished or enhanced in the search for health information on the Internet. The study focused on (1) traditional digital divide variables, such ...