The complexity of using commercial forces to counteract the digital divide: A case study of the TUC of Sweden
In: Digital cities II : computational and sociological approaches (Kyoto, 18-20 october 2001, revised papers)Lecture notes in computer science; (2002) S. 191-202
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This article deals with the tension between commercial aims and activities and more democratic and idealistic ones in projects that are pursued to counteract the digital divide. The article focuses on a project; Access Kumla initiated by the TUC of Sweden. The project is characterized as a very ambitious initiative to counteract the digital divide. Its four aims can be summarized as follows: providing citizens with high quality, low cost computers, creating a Community Network, providing knowledge about IT and improving local democracy with the help of IT. In our-project the complex role of commercial activities and forces is emphasized. Firstly, they emphasize the importance of financial autonomy from a short-time as well as a long-time perspective. A further result is the surprisingly high degree of harmony or absence of conflict as regards the various aims and activities in the project. The most noticeable exception concerned the role of the TUC, especially in connection with the commercial activities in the project.
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The complexity of using commercial forces to counteract the digital divide: A case study of the TUC of Sweden
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | RANERUP, Agneta |
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Quelle: | Digital cities II : computational and sociological approaches (Kyoto, 18-20 october 2001, revised papers)Lecture notes in computer science; (2002) S. 191-202 |
Veröffentlichung: | Berlin: Springer, 2002 |
Medientyp: | Konferenz |
Umfang: | print, 19 ref |
ISSN: | 0302-9743 (print) |
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