"Chilescopio es un estudio implementado por la consultora Vision Humana que se realiza anualmente desde el ano 2005, lo que permite tener un marco tendencial importante. Es un estudio cuantitativo basado en encuestas presenciales realizadas en los hogares de 1.500 personas de 15 a 80 anos, residente
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s en el Gran Santiago y las 11 principales ciudades del pais." (Página 2)
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"Multilingualism is an important aspect of African urban life, also of the lives of students in Dakar. While the students usually write monolingual texts, mainly in French, their text messages involve the use of African languages too, in particular of the majority language Wolof, as well as Arabic a
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nd English, often mixed in one and the same message. With the rapid rise in the use of mobile phones, texting is becoming increasingly central as a means of communication for the students, and the social network with whom they text is growing. This working paper investigates texting as literacy practices, putting the accent on language choices: what role do they play in constructing these new practices? What are the motivations and the functions of the students’ languages choices? The analysis is based on six months of fieldwork in Dakar, during which I collected 496 SMS and interviewed and observed the 15 students who had sent and received the messages. I will focus on the practices of three of the students: Baba Yaro, a Fula-speaker born outside Dakar who has come to the Senegalese capital to undertake his studies, Christine, a Joola-speaker born in Dakar, and the Wolof-speaker Ousmane, from the suburb. I argue that in order to manage relationships and express different aspects of their identity, the students both exploit and challenge dominant language attitudes in their texting." (Abstract)
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"This article explores how computers and the Internet are represented among young, educated people in Niger and the social expectations that are attached to their use. It argues that pre-existing social and economic conditions play an important role in shaping the meanings associated with these devi
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ces. Thus, in a context of poverty and unemployment, the Internet and computers are perceived as technologies that may help young people and their country integrate into a modern world of economic opportunities and well-being via the transnational and transcultural interactions that take place in cyberspace. The Internet is associated with the ideas of modernity and ‘leapfrogging’ development. However, because of the lack of computer equipment and adequate infrastructure, these expectations are largely exaggerated, and they divert attention from the actual possibilities for change that reside in people and not in technological devices. The research is based on fieldwork conducted among young, educated computer and Internet users during the summers of 2003 and 2004 in Niamey, the capital city of Niger and further complemented by data collected in 2008." (Abstract)
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"Nach Angaben der Nielsen Company wurde Facebook 2010 von etwa 400 Millionen Menschen weltweit genutzt, für das laufende Jahr soll deren Zahl auf etwa 630 Millionen steigen. Laut der JIM-Studie 2010 sind Social Communitys die bevorzugten Seiten, wenn Zwölf- bis 19-Jährige das Internet nutzen. 70
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Prozent dieser Altersgruppe besuchen regelmäßig Facebook, schuelerVZ und wer-kennt-wen. Aktuelle Studien des Pew Research Centers bestätigen diese Befunde: Die meisten Internetnutzer sind gleichzeitig Besucher von Social Network Sites, wobei der Zugang immer häufiger drahtlos und mobil erfolgt. Zwar sind die Jüngeren erwartungsgemäß deutlich häufiger in Social Communitys anzutreffen, die Zuwachsraten bei den Nutzern ab 50 Jahren stiegen jedoch in den letzten Jahren rasant an. Mehr als vier Fünftel der Konsumenten von SNS können zu den Vielnutzern gezählt werden, mehr als die Hälfte davon (52 %) ist darüber hinaus nicht nur bei einer, sondern bei mehreren Plattformen angemeldet. Ein entscheidender Treiber für die Nutzung von Social Communitys ist offensichtlich ihr sozialer Charakter. Mehrere Studien, die sich mit der Frage nach den Nutzungsmotiven und den erhaltenen Gratifikationen beschäftigt haben, bestätigen diesen Eindruck. So wurden in einer norwegischen und einer amerikanischen Befragung die soziale Interaktion mit und das Kennenlernen von anderen Personen sowie die Pflege des Kontakts mit Freunden, Bekannten und Familie als wichtigste Gründe zur Nutzung von SNS genannt. Quan-Haase und Young (2010) fanden heraus, dass der quasi-öffentliche Charakter von Social Communitys diese eher für eine gruppenbezogene soziale Funktion prädestinieren. Gleichzeitig können Gratifikationserwartungen, wie sie für die Nutzung traditioneller Medien relevant sind (z. B. Information und Unterhaltung), mit den sozialen Funktionen von Social Communitys „unter einen Hut“ gebracht werden." (Seite 115)
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"At first glance, mobile technology appears to have the potential to allow countries in Africa to technologically ‘leapfrog’ across the digital divide and provide much needed Internet access to a wide range of people currently unable to participate in the Information Society. This study investig
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ates whether this potential is being actualized through the survey of a non-purposive sample population living in Johannesburg, South Africa. Studies have shown that aside from being able to engage with the new technology, people must also perceive it as reliable and user friendly. As such, this article examines user’s attitudes and current behaviour with regards to this apparently highly accessible and relatively affordable medium. It also seeks to determine whether people believe that mobile technology could eclipse (or leapfrog) the use of computer technology for online activities – and if they believe that to be true, how have their usage patterns shifted, if at all?" (Abstract)
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"Youth and young adults (15-29) are often assumed to be leaders in mobile phone use, but this is not entirely the case in Zambia. While those 15 to 29 make up the largest segment of overall mobile phone users, they do not show the highest rate of weekly (regular) users that is taken by those 30 to 4
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4. Geographic Breakdown: There are substantial differences in rates of mobile phone use among Zambia's nine provinces. These differences reflect varying levels of human development around the country, but other factors come into play. Cost Factors: When respondents were asked to agree or disagree that "using a mobile phone is expensive," 63 percent answered in the affirmative. Even those residing in high-income households were more likely to agree than disagree with the statement. The same can be said for frequent mobile users, with some 52 percent of daily users and 53 percent of regular users agreeing or strongly agreeing with the statement that mobile phone use is expensive. Mobile Radio: A key feature of Zambian (and more generally, African) mobile phone use is an old-new media convergence phenomenon: handset-based radio listening. Among regular mobile users, a third said they listen to the radio via their handset on a weekly basis, and 25 percent said they listen on a daily basis. Unlike the use of mobile internet, radio listening is more evenly spread across urban and rural users. Mobile-based radio listening may also continue to expand; given that youth and young adults (YYAs) are currently the most likely to do so and thus will set the pattern going forward." (Report sumary, page 7)
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"This white paper takes a first look at the everyday world of digital tools and media in the lives of three- to five-year-old children, with a particular focus on non-intentional learning opportunities in developing and least-developed nations. It begins a discussion about how digital media learning
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opportunities, including non-intentional opportunities such as cell phones and video games, when combined with intentional learning opportunities such as educational television or computers, may be affecting emergent literacy skills development (Anderson & Pempek, 2005). An understanding of this phenom enon is important, because when new digital tools and media, as well as novel combinations of old and new media, become available and commonplace, “the media that children use and create [will be] integral to their growing sense of themselves, of the world, and of how they should interact with it” (Center for Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital, 2008, np). Digital media may be transforming the language and cultural practices that enable the development of emergent literacy skills. A new generation of young children is experiencing a new kind of interconnectedness in the language they see, hear, and use. For example, a young child may observe a sister talking with a friend, texting (writing) the friend, and then reading the text. Young children are increasingly surrounded by language sculpted by digital media, and this process has implications for the way their neural circuitry learns to speak, listen, read, and write (Small & Vorgan, 2008)." (Page 2)
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"This pilot study surveyed 2,744 university and high school students in Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. It asked about their media consumption and production habits, and about their attitudes towards certain media. Among the significant findings, the survey found the participants high
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ly adept at using new media. They spent considerable time consuming new and traditional media, but much less time producing media content. For instance, the vast majority of participants indicated that they had never blogged. In addition, those who did produce media content, through blogging or otherwise, tended to do it in a language other than their native language. Indeed, with the exception of news, the majority of surveyed youth consumed and produced media in English, rather than Arabic. In addition, the participants used media predominantly for entertainment, for connecting with others, and for work or schoolwork, but less often for current affairs, for expressing their opinions, or for political activism." (Summary of findings, page 9)
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"From Facebook to the iPhone, from YouTube to Wikipedia, from Grand Auto Theft to Second Life, this book explores media's important issues and debates. It covers topics such as digital television, digital cinema, game culture, digital democracy, the World Wide Web, digital news, online social networ
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king, music & multimedia and virtual communities." (Publisher description)
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"This is the 'concise edition' of 'The Guide to Researching Audiences'. It is a shorter version of the main Guide, designed to provide an easily accessible summary of the key principles of audience research and some practical information. The full version of the Guide contains more detailed informat
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ion than this concise edition, but they are laid out in exactly the same way to make it easy for you to follow [...] The Guide sets out the basic principles of audience research. These can be followed regardless of the type of service or audience, and will help you to conduct audience research more effectively (better results) and efficiently (lower effort), with fewer problems and unforeseen complications. They provide the building blocks to enable you to design, conduct and apply your own audience analysis research. What this Guide will not provide you with is a ready-made audience analysis programme specifically designed for your service." (Introduction)
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"This book is about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming and are being transformed by society in Africa. A case study from Karthoum (Sudan) shows, how mobile phones are reshaping relationships in a Muslim society, where they enable wom
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en to organize their lives more independently. In Cameroon, the mobile allows traditional healers to assist sick people who are originally from their area but are now far away, sometimes even in Europe or the USA. Another study from Burkina Faso highlights the growing importance of text messaging - as contrary to the overstated orality both of African societies and of the mobile phone. The nine chapters in this volume all show aspects of an emerging mobile culture, be it the linkage between the rural and the urban in Burkina Faso, the youth in Ghana or traders in Tanzania. In all of these, the authors observe a reshaping of social and economic hierarchies in society. Based on the illustrative case studies and its multi-dimensional approach this book is highly recommended reading." (CAMECO Update 3-2009)
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