Internet use genres: A lens for analyzing patterns of Internet adoption in rural communities of Canada, Chile, and Vietnam

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.4324/9781003282075-15
dc.creatorBakardjieva, Maria
dc.creatorAndonaegui, Isabel Pavez
dc.creatorCorrea, Teresa
dc.creatorPham, Trang
dc.date2024
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:50:00Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:50:00Z
dc.description<p>Public policies across the world have focused on providing Internet access to residents of rural areas. This chapter looks at data from previous studies in three countries at a different point in their digital inclusion process highlighting the ways rural inhabitants appropriate Internet technologies. The findings propose a conceptual tool for the analysis of the characteristics of these appropriations and their link to the specific social context in which they emerge: Internet use genres. This concept integrates ideas from the critical theory of technology, sociological phenomenology, and genre theory. By revisiting the results of independent studies conducted in rural areas of Canada, Chile, and Vietnam, we trace the emerging Internet use genres to elements of the participants’ relevance systems and socio-biographical situations that in turn are shaped by the geographical, socio-economic, and cultural conditions of their communities. The parallels between the use genres evolved by rural residents despite the distinct social and political profiles of the home societies is an indication that Internet use genres respond to recurring local situations and are highly malleable and subject to user agency. Being able to identify, classify, and anticipate their evolution provides researchers and policymakers with a nuanced understanding of Internet adoption processes in rural communities. It also opens possibilities for exploring the inclusion of end-users’ choices in technological development.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/bfd4a9cb-23e6-49ad-8eb5-06e9931eb443
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/56387
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.sourceDigital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development: Participatory Practices in a Post-COVID Age, p.211-222. Taylor and Francis. [ISBN 9781032252087]
dc.titleInternet use genres: A lens for analyzing patterns of Internet adoption in rural communities of Canada, Chile, and Vietnameng
dc.typeChaptereng
dc.typeCapítulospa
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