Integrating mobile technologies to achieve community development goals: the case of telecenters in Brazil

Sara Vannini, David Nemer, I. Rega
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Telecenters and mobile technologies are two of the main interventions for reducing the digital divide and are primary tools for information access. The rapid and pervasive adoption of mobile technologies had called into question the necessity of continued investment in telecenters; however, telecenters have been credited for serving different needs than private mobile technologies. Users and stakeholders are shaping new ways of access, and telecenters and mobile technologies can benefit from each other to address the issue of underserved communities' access to information. The literature has not yet extensively addressed this topic. The study presented in this paper has the twofold goal to understand (i) how mobile technologies are used by telecenters to enhance their services to the public, and (ii) whether telecenter operators perceive mobile technologies as viable instruments to innovate telecenters and pursue community development goals. Informed by the Theory of Social Representations (SR), the study presents responses to a questionnaire to Brazilian telecenter operators. Results show that telecenter operators have a positive attitude towards adopting mobile technologies to extend their telecenters' services and meet their development goals, especially in the areas of education, knowledge, information and communication.
整合移动技术以实现社区发展目标:巴西远程中心的案例
远程中心和移动技术是减少数字鸿沟的两个主要干预措施,也是获取信息的主要工具。移动技术的迅速普及使人们对继续投资远程中心的必要性产生了疑问;然而,远程中心因满足不同于私人移动技术的需求而受到赞誉。用户和利益攸关方正在形成新的获取方式,远程中心和移动技术可以相互受益,以解决服务不足的社区获取信息的问题。文献还没有广泛地讨论这个话题。本文提出的研究有两个目标,即了解(i)远程中心如何使用移动技术来增强其对公众的服务,以及(ii)远程中心运营商是否将移动技术视为创新远程中心和追求社区发展目标的可行工具。根据社会表征理论(SR),该研究对巴西电信中心运营商进行了问卷调查。结果表明,远程中心运营商对采用移动技术扩展远程中心的服务和实现其发展目标持积极态度,特别是在教育、知识、信息和通信领域。
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