Social Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology Policy: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC 9, Pretoria, South Africa, September 25-26, 2008Chrisanthi Avgerou, Matthew L. Smith, Peter van den Besselaar This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC9, held in Pretoria, South Africa on September 25-26, 2008. The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing. |
Contents
Introduction to the HCC8 | 1 |
15 | 14 |
The shaping of national and international ICT policies | 29 |
The case of Greece and | 45 |
Evidence from | 63 |
Research 81 | 80 |
Implications for national ICT policies | 95 |
Towards a human | 109 |
A human environmentalist approach to diffusion in ICT policies 209 | 208 |
A universitys engagement | 223 |
A | 241 |
Governmental policies for ICT diffusion and leadership | 275 |
The case of MPESA in Kenya | 287 |
A case study | 299 |
A noIPR model as solution to reuse and understanding | 319 |
A critical study of 327 | 326 |
vi | 124 |
141 | 139 |
A critical discourse analysis of the | 161 |
ICTs are not the entry to modern markets | 179 |
An action research | 335 |
Panels | 351 |
Gender research in Africa into ICTs for empowerment GRACE Ineke Buskens Gertrudes Macueve Ibou Sane Ann Webb | 363 |