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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Digital Inclusion
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Mobile Phone Use
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Policies
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Community Telecommunication Networks
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Communication Rights
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Access to Media & Information
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Markets
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Digital Media Markets
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Internet
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Indicators
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Internet and Society / Social Change
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ICT Industries & Markets
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Digital Literacy: Youth
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Telecommunications
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Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Community Informatics
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Online Media & Internet Economics
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Open Access Publishing
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
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ICT Development Assistance
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Schools
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Inequalities
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WLAN Wireless Internet Access
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Media Use: Youth
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Electronic Commerce
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Facebook
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Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
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ICTs and Poverty Reduction
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ICT Financing
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Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Media Literacy: Youth
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People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
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Open Data
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Indigenous People
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Geography
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Maps
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Health Information Access & Use
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
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Girls and Media
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Freedom of Expression
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Internet and Development
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Internet Shutdowns
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Internet Markets
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Social Media
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Ecological Footprint & Sustainability of Digitalization, E-Waste & Recycling
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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Information Society
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Digital Economies & Markets
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Prices
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
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Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Short Wave Radio (SW)
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Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Information Gaps
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Girls
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Geographical Information Systems
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Audiences & Users
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Audience Research Methods
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Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
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Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
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Information Use & Consumption
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Mobile Phone Use: Minorities
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Media Use: Rural Populations
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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Radio Use: Women
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Campaigning: Experiences
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Catholic Church and Communication
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Digital Media Socialisation
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Educational Comics & Comics for Development
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Digital Literacy: Children
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Christian Communication Ethics, Christian Media Ethics
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Digital Rights
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Intellectual Property
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Plagiarism
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Developing Countries
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One Laptop per Child (ICT Development Programme)
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Uno a Uno (Laptops for School Students, Latin America)
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Rural Communication for Development
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Cybercrimes
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Data
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Criticism
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Digital Entrepreneurs, Tech Entrepreneurs
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media, Internet & Religion
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Net Neutrality
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Online News
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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TikTok
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Digital Transformation Approaches
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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ICT Effects & Impact
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ICT Regulation
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ICT Sector Development
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Libraries
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Energy Supply, Electricity
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Market Liberalization, Economic Liberalization
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Gaming, Video Games
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Feminism & Communication
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Women with Disabilities & Media
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Indigenous Languages
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UNESCO
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News
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Local News
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Crowdsourcing
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Design Thinking
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Female Migrants / Migration
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Music
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People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
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Radio Engineering & Technologies
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Youth & Religious Communication
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Human Development Index (HDI)
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Sampling (Survey Methodologies, Statistics)
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Survey Methods
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Castes
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Antennas
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Digital Switchover
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Digital Television
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Radio Broadcasting Equipment & Technologies
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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GIS, Geospatial Services
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Development Assistance: Telecommunications
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Remote Work, Teleworking, Working from Home
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Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
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Telecommunication Licensing
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Telephone
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Urban Areas
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Toward Entrepreneurial Behavior in Underserved Communities: An Ethnographic Decision Tree Model of Telecenter Usage
Information Technology for Development, volume 19, issue 3 (2013), pp. 230-248
"This paper investigates the decision-making process of community members who decide on using telecenters for entrepreneurial endeavors. A qualitative approach through interviews with telecenter staff and users is used to assess the barriers and enablers to economic activity through use of telecente
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The World in 2013: ICT Facts and Figures
Geneva: ITU (2013), 8 pp.
Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access
Washington, DC: New America Foundation (2013), 20 pp.
"This paper offers a critical perspective on the process of mobile leapfrogging. Drawing upon data on Internet access and device penetration from 34 countries, this paper first shows that while greater access to mobile technologies suggests the possibility of a leapfrog effect, the lack of 3G adopti
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Connecting Africa: An Assessment of Progress Towards the Connect Africa Summit Goals
Tunis: African Development Bank (2013), 87 pp.
Universal Access and Service: Toolkit
Geneva: ITU (2013), xvii, 106 pp.
Wireless Networking in the Developing World
[authors], 3rd ed. (2013), 495 pp.
The World Internet Project: International Report
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Center for the Digital Future, 5th ed. (2013), 87 pp.
The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective
London: Routledge (2013), 324 pp.
"This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines “the digital divide” as the unequal access and utility of internet communic
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Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter
Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.
"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S
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Aplicación de la tecnología digital en la educación pública: Programa "One Laptop per Child" en el Perú
In: Cultura digital en América Latina: Investigación interuniversitaria Educación y Evangelización
Bogotá: Centro de Comunicación Educativa Audiovisual (CEDAL);Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana (CELAM);RIIAL (2012), pp. 218-249
Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan's Digital Doldrums
Ottawa: SecDev Group (2012), 21 pp.
"Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more ef!cient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. However, the
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Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, and Constraints on Online Political Communication in Central Asia
Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1 (2012), pp. 144-152
"This paper reviews recent events and legal developments related to the Internet and social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include legislation extending libel laws to online communications, blocking of oppositional and independent websites, and punishi
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012
Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank;ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.
"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)
Cybercafés de Bamako: Les usages de l'Internet au prisme de la parenté et des classes d'âge
Paris: Karthala (2011), 286 pp.
How to Make Twitter Available in North Korea
Federation of American Scientists (2011), 8 pp.
ICTs and Sustainable Solutions for the Digital Divide: Theory and Perspectives
Hershey; New York: Information Science Reference (2011), 314 pp.
"This book focuses on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), which includes any technology used for communication and information, researching the social side of computing, the users, and the design of systems that meet the needs of "ordinary" users." (Publisher descript
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Die digitale Kluft: Bosnien-Herzegowina auf dem Weg in die Informationsgesellschaft
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010), 225 pp.
"Am Beispiel von Bosnien-Herzegowina (BiH) zeigt Violeta Trkulja die Probleme auf, die bei der Einführung einer Informationsgesellschaft in einem Schwellen- und Nachkriegsland bestehen. Neben technischen Aspekten ist vor allem die Wissenskluft zwischen Bevölkerungsschichten für diese neue Form so
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World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2010: Monitoring the WSIS Targets - a Midterm Review
Geneva: ITU (2010), xxxvi, 217 pp.
"The year 2010 marks the midpoint between the Tunis phase of WSIS (2005) and the deadline for achieving the WSIS targets (2015), in line with the target date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report presents a mid-term review of the progress mad
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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul
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Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2010), xxxvi, 737 pp.
"The Handbook presents a comprehensive, integrative, and global view of what has been called the digital divide. Collecting an international collaboration of experts, this Handbook of Research offers policy makers, academicians, managers, and researchers a complete reference source to the interactio
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