sh.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Perspectives on digital divide: Internet usage and attitudes in Arusha, Tanzania, a minor field study
Södertörn University College, School of Communication, Technology and Design.
Södertörn University College, School of Communication, Technology and Design.
2005 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor)Student thesis
Abstract [en]

This paper outlines the current situation of Internet usage and attitudes towards the Internet among ordinary people in Arusha, Tanzania, and examines the views of ordinary citizens on the effects of the arrival of Internet and the possible digital divide.

Using qualitative interviews with equal groups of ordinary Internet users and ordinary non- Internet users in Arusha, the authors found varying levels of awareness about Internet services and facilities and their availability. There was also a widespread concern about immoral western influences communicated by the Internet and how it may affect the domestic culture. It was clearly shown that Internet usage and the possibility to utilize the information found is dependent on education levels and the economic situation of the users, two closely related factors. To get additional views on the subject interviews were also carried out with representatives for Radio and TV stations as well as newspapers located in Arusha, institutions for higher education in the ICT field, Internet providers, and Arusha Municipal Council. To examine the actual Internet usage we extracted random samples of visited websites in several of the Internet cafés, which most of the Arushans use to access the Internet.

It was found that government action is necessary that the in order to bridge the digital divide, but as a result of systematic censorship of media government efforts meet a profound distrust among people, neither does the government consider this to be any of their responsibilities.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Institutionen för kommunikation, teknik och design , 2005. , p. 50
Keywords [en]
IT, ICT, Internet, Digital Divide, Communication, Education, Development, Democracy, Minor Field Study, MFS, Sida, Arusha, Tanzania
National Category
Information Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-318OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-318DiVA, id: diva2:16007
Uppsok
samhälle/juridik
Supervisors
Available from: 2005-09-01 Created: 2005-09-01 Last updated: 2018-01-13

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(436 kB)8496 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 436 kBChecksum SHA-1
549002023a41cce2fb3feca32409b86b197d65dfbf60dc31a73ac2dba3d4a759ca2141b3
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
School of Communication, Technology and Design
Information Systems

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 8499 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 1437 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf