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Free Access
238
Key Guidance
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Quick Overview
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Top Insights
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Topics
Access to Internet & Digital Communications
137
Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
85
Digital Inclusion
56
Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
26
Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
25
Mobile Phone Use
23
Gender and ICTs / Internet
19
ICT Policies
18
Telecommunication Infrastructure
16
Community Telecommunication Networks
14
Mobile Phone Use: Women
13
Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
11
Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
11
Communication Rights
10
Digital & Information Literacy
10
Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
10
Access to Media & Information
9
Internet & Social Media Use: Women
9
Mobile Phone Markets
8
Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
7
Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
7
Digital Media Markets
7
Mobile Phones, Smartphones
7
Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
6
Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
6
Internet
6
Digitalization, Digital Transformation
6
ICTs and Development
6
ICT Indicators
6
Internet Governance, Internet Policies
6
Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
6
Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
5
Digital Media Landscapes
5
Internet and Society / Social Change
5
ICT Industries & Markets
5
Digital Literacy: Youth
5
Telecommunications
5
Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
4
Digital & Social Media Use: Children
4
Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
4
Community Informatics
4
Online Media & Internet Economics
4
Open Access Publishing
4
Online Learning, E-Learning
4
Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
4
ICT Development Assistance
4
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
4
Schools
4
COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
4
Inequalities
4
WLAN Wireless Internet Access
4
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
3
Media Use: Youth
3
Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
3
ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
3
Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
3
E-Governance, E-Democracy
3
Electronic Commerce
3
Facebook
3
Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
3
ICTs and Poverty Reduction
3
ICT Financing
3
Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
3
COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
3
Media Literacy: Youth
3
People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
3
Open Data
2
Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
2
Advocacy & Empowerment: Indigenous People
2
Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
2
Geography
2
Maps
2
Health Information Access & Use
2
Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
2
Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
2
Girls and Media
2
Freedom of Expression
2
Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
2
Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
2
Internet and Development
2
Internet Shutdowns
2
Internet Markets
2
Social Media
2
Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
2
Twitter & Microblogs
2
Ecological Footprint & Sustainability of Digitalization, E-Waste & Recycling
2
Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
2
Information Society
2
Digital Economies & Markets
2
Prices
2
Open Educational Resources (OER)
2
Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
2
Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
2
Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
2
People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
2
Communication & Media Indicators
2
Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
2
Short Wave Radio (SW)
2
Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
2
Telecommunication Industries & Markets
2
Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
1
Information Gaps
1
Advocacy & Empowerment: Girls
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
1
Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
1
Agricultural Information & Extension
1
Geographical Information Systems
1
Audiences & Users
1
Audience Research Methods
1
Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
1
Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
1
Information Use & Consumption
1
Media Use, Media Consumption
1
Mobile Phone Use: Minorities
1
Media Use: Rural Populations
1
Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
1
Radio Use: Women
1
Mobile Phone Use: Youth
1
Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
1
Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
1
Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
1
Campaigning: Experiences
1
Catholic Church and Communication
1
Digital Media Socialisation
1
Educational Comics & Comics for Development
1
Digital Literacy: Children
1
Christian Communication Ethics, Christian Media Ethics
1
Digital Rights
1
Intellectual Property
1
Plagiarism
1
Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
1
Anthropology of Media & Communication
1
Developing Countries
1
One Laptop per Child (ICT Development Programme)
1
Uno a Uno (Laptops for School Students, Latin America)
1
Rural Communication for Development
1
Digital Communication, Digital Media
1
Algorithms & Big Data
1
Cybercrimes
1
Data
1
Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
1
Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
1
Digital Criticism
1
Digital Entrepreneurs, Tech Entrepreneurs
1
Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
1
Digital Media, Internet & Religion
1
Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
1
Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
1
Internet / ICTs and Social Change
1
Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
1
Net Neutrality
1
Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
1
Social Media in Political Communication
1
Online News
1
Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
1
TikTok
1
Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
1
Digital Transformation Approaches
1
Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
1
ICT Effects & Impact
1
ICT Regulation
1
ICT Sector Development
1
Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
1
Libraries
1
Poverty & Poverty Reduction
1
Energy Supply, Electricity
1
Market Liberalization, Economic Liberalization
1
Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
1
Gaming, Video Games
1
Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
1
Feminism & Communication
1
Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
1
Women with Disabilities & Media
1
Indigenous Languages
1
UNESCO
1
News
1
Local News
1
Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
1
Crowdsourcing
1
Design Thinking
1
Female Migrants / Migration
1
Music
1
People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
1
Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
1
Radio Engineering & Technologies
1
Youth & Religious Communication
1
Human Development Index (HDI)
1
Sampling (Survey Methodologies, Statistics)
1
Survey Methods
1
Castes
1
Antennas
1
Digital Switchover
1
Digital Television
1
Radio Broadcasting Equipment & Technologies
1
Satellite Communication & Information Services
1
GIS, Geospatial Services
1
Development Assistance: Telecommunications
1
Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
1
Remote Work, Teleworking, Working from Home
1
Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
1
Telecommunication Licensing
1
Telephone
1
Urban Communication, Urban Media
1
Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
1
Urban Areas
1
Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
1
Language
Document type
Countries / Regions
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
Publication Years
Methods applied
Journals
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Gender Assessment of ICT Access and Usage in Africa
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 39 pp.
"What is clear from the Research ICT Africa (RIA) Household and Individual Access and Usage Survey is that the diffusion of ICT is highly uneven concentrating in urban areas and leaving some rural areas almost untouched. Access to these technologies is constrained by income as is usage, and as they
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Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
Washington, DC: World Bank (2009), viii, 44 pp.
"Increasing overall service coverage and promoting access to telecommunications services is economically beneficial. However, universal access policies for rural and low-income areas have not sufficiently evolved with the latest technolo gy and market trends. This study reviews and evaluates the wid
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Literature Review on the Impact of Public Access to Information and Communication Technologies
Seattle: University of Washington, Center for Information & Society (CIS) (2009), 25 pp.
"This report presents a review of empirical research on the impacts of public access to ICTs in order to document what is known about this approach to ICT service delivery. The results show that there is limited conclusive evidence on downstream impacts of public access to ICTs. The evidence that do
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Accès aux nouvelles technologies en Afrique et en Asie: TIC et service universel
Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 252 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2009), 231 pp.
"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. Each year the report focuses on
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Internet Access for Development
Paris: OECD (2009), 108 pp.
Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals
Geneva: ITU (2009), 114 pp.
Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009: Africa
Geneva: ITU (2009), v, 66 pp.
"This report highlights the latest ICT developments in the region and includes key statistical information for every country. It features a regional analysis of the ITU ICT Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket, two ICT benchmarking tools that were launched in March 2009. The report point
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The Global Information Society: A Statistical View
Santiago de Chile: United Nations;Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (2008), 157 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2008: Focus on Access to Infrastructure
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos;Third World Institute (ITeM) (2008), 204 pp.
Measuring Information and Communication Technology Availability in Villages and Rural Areas
Geneva: ITU (2008), iii, 21 pp.
Enhancing Pacific Connectivity: The Current Situation, Opportunities for Progress
Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);UNDP;UN-OHRLLS (2008), xii, 81 pp.
Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone
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Digital Poverty: Concept and Measurement, with an Application to Peru
Kellogg Institute (2007), 26 pp.
"This paper discusses the notions of demand, poverty, information needs, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) to offer a concept of digital poverty, which may be useful to estimate the digital poverty level in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper is composed of two sections. T
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A Digital Inclusion Advocacy Toolkit: Bridging the Digital Divide by Winning Community Benefits in Municipal Broadband Projects
Oakland, Cal.: Media Alliance (2007), 20 pp.
"This toolkit is a resource for community members who want to advance digital inclusion in their city, town, or county that is exploring a broadband/ high-speed Internet initiative. Municipalities are considering many different technologies to increase broadband access - from wireless to fiber - and
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Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons
Sydney University Press;Queensland University of Technology (2007), xiii, 228 pp.
Towards an African E-Index: SME E-Access and Usage Across 14 African Countries
Braamfontein: Research ICT Africa (2006), x, 152 pp.
Die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Implikationen der Mobiltelefonie in Ruanda: Eine Typologie unter dem Gesichtspunkt Telefonbesitz und Telefonzugang
In: Daumenkultur: das Mobiltelefon in der Gesellschaft
Peter Glotz; Stefan Bertschi; Chris Locke (eds.)
Bielefeld: transcript (2006), pp. 41-59
"Trotz der Herausforderungen bei der telefonischen Erschließung abgelegener Gegenden bietet der Besitz eines Handys für Millionen individueller Nutzer im gesamten Afrika südlich der Sahara auf jeden Fall signifikante wirtschaftliche und soziale Vorteile und Möglichkeiten. Besonders wertvoll ist,
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Diagnóstico de las políticas de TIC en el Ecuador
Quito: FLACSO (2006), 174 pp.
Online gehen: Ein praktischer Leitfaden für Einsteiger und Umsteiger
Düsseldorf; Köln: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW;medienakademie (2005), 68 pp.
"Wie komme ich ins Internet? Welche Zugangsmöglichkeiten gibt es? Welchen Anbieter soll ich wählen? Welcher Tarif ist der beste? Welche Kosten entstehen mir? Was brauche ich an Geräten und Programmen? Wie installiere ich diese? Und was kann dabei schief gehen? Dies sind nur einige der Fragen, die
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