Using an ethnographic approach we sought to understand how the personal aspirations and social landscapes of Ghanaians living in London shaped their use of a constellation of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as camcorders, digital cameras, the Internet, and mobile phones. Among the individuals we interviewed we discovered two trajectories of ICT use. One trajectory fit...

The importance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for society and economy has sharply increased during the last few decades. As a consequence, this sector’s energy consumption and emissions have risen, too. However, ICT-enabled energy efficiency measures are expected to contribute to a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by an astonishing 15 per cent. So Green IT is an essen...

This chapter discusses the success and failure of initiatives which provide access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a means of promoting social inclusion. We believe that there is often a disparity between the supposed and the true needs and desires of the minority groups at the receiving end of digital divide initiatives. Observation of practices towards ICTs which are s...

The hypothesis of this paper is that the intellectual capital is one of key motivational factors for attracting FDI in Croatia. The confirmation of the hypothesis is based on sectoral and specific firm analysis. The analysis of intellectual capital is based on VAIC method and other methodologies for measuring intellectual capital are also mentioned as a reference. It is also suggested that thos...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have the potential to act as research dissemination channel that facilitates sustainable relationships with stakeholders beyond academia. The current research uses the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) Framework to examine factors that potentially affect universities’ decision to adopt ICTs for research dissemination and community outrea...

Throughout the history of human being, the generations' inter-relations were of special concern. The social sciences researchers have always  tried to introduce the changing patterns of relations between the elder and the youth groups, they  presented two consensus and conflict  theories regarding different historical periods. One important matter in humans' life is always communication. Young ...

Background The purpose of this study is to identify obstacles and incentives associated with implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in elderly home-based care services, from a healthcare professional perspective. The use of ICTs in elderly homecare is heralded as part of the solution to many of the imperatives currently challenging healthcare systems, but deploying ...

This paper explores the role of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in rural, marginalised communities. We explore Feenberg’s concept of technical agency in order to understand the ways in which technological capacity might contribute to community development. We discuss three conditions of technical agency as outlined by Feenberg; power, knowledge and appropriate occasion. We con...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are believed to hold much potential to empower women, both socially and economically, in low-income and rural communities. In this paper, we focus on rural women who mediate ICT use as telecenter operators in India and as helpers and enablers for family members in rural China. We explore under what circumstances they may be able to renegotiate e...