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Information and communication: Tools of agency and connection.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Information and communication: Tools of agency and connection./
Author:	Rempel, S. Patricia Allan.
Description:	204 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-01, Section: A, page: 0014.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-01A.
Subject:	Information Science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR45588
ISBN:	9780494455883

Information and communication: Tools of agency and connection.
Rempel, S. Patricia Allan.

Information and communication: Tools of agency and connection. - 204 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-01, Section: A, page: 0014.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2008.

This study examined the role of community public-access computers for immigrants through a qualitative case study of reasons for their access and usage among Spanish-speaking newcomers in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. The locale served as a microcosm for understanding community vitality in a changing world---the retention of core community traditions and knowledge while creatively adapting to changes in the broader dynamic society. The objectives were to gain an understanding of the perceived usefulness of Internet access and computer skills for low-income rural households, and gain an understanding of the interplay of access to outside information via ICTs and social network information flows in contributing to the economic and social agency of individuals and to relate this in turn to leadership and adaptive change.

ISBN: 9780494455883Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017528
Information Science.

Information and communication: Tools of agency and connection.
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520 $a This study examined the role of community public-access computers for immigrants through a qualitative case study of reasons for their access and usage among Spanish-speaking newcomers in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. The locale served as a microcosm for understanding community vitality in a changing world---the retention of core community traditions and knowledge while creatively adapting to changes in the broader dynamic society. The objectives were to gain an understanding of the perceived usefulness of Internet access and computer skills for low-income rural households, and gain an understanding of the interplay of access to outside information via ICTs and social network information flows in contributing to the economic and social agency of individuals and to relate this in turn to leadership and adaptive change.
520 $a Structured interview data were collected from eleven individuals associated with community based public access sites where adults working in agriculture could access computers and the Internet as well as computer classes or/and assistance in Spanish. All interviewees spoke Spanish, and a majority were of the Latino community.
520 $a The rural poor, particularly those with limited English language capability, are disadvantaged in terms of access to information and institutional services. Twenty percent of current immigrants to the US come from Mexico. In acculturating and becoming established, those who work in agriculture have a particularly difficult path to move beyond low-wage jobs and household poverty. Community public access sites are being purposefully used by Spanish-speaking newcomers to become informed and enhance spoken English and computer proficiency. Mastery of e-mail provided a personal sense of having crossed the digital divide. The primary source of information, however, was the social network. My analysis suggests that rural initiatives intended to reduce the digital divide for Latinos would support (a) home-based learning, (b) intergenerational and peer learning, and (c) free community-based instruction and volunteer tutoring at diverse sites.
520 $a Public-access sites also contributed to newcomer self-confidence. My analysis, using Lin's social capital model and Schein's construct of organizational culture, suggests this is a key contribution in the acculturation process and in the development of emergent or grassroots leadership potential.
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