Pushing the agenda of the information society
Pushing the agenda of the information society
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推动信息社会议程
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2016
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B. Mbatha
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本文阐明了南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔四个选定的多功能社区中心（电信中心）社区成员可使用的信息和通信技术（ICT）的使用情况和类型。这项研究是根据创新扩散理论进行的。通过调查，有目的地选择了四个电信中心。使用测量仪收集数据。数据被制成表格，并使用表格、频率和图表呈现。调查结果表明，电信中心采用了各种信通技术，为当地社区提供了急需的信息获取渠道，并改善了通信。用户提出的最受欢迎的建议包括，政府需要制定充分和一致的政策，规范对地方社区的培训，以有效使用这些信通技术。政府应确保向所有公民提供足够种类和水平的信息通信技术能力，并需要找到方法逐步将信息通信技术培训纳入各级课程，包括小学教育。
This article sheds some light on the usage and types of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) accessible to community members in four selected multipurpose community centers (telecentres) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The study was informed by the Diffusion of Innovations Theory. Through a survey, four telecentres were purposively selected. Questionnaires were used to collect data. The data was tabulated and presented using tables, frequencies, and percentiles. The results indicate that a variety of ICTs have been adopted in the telecentres to provide local communities with much-needed access to information and improved communication. The most popular recommendations from users included the need for sufficient and coherent government policies regulating the training of the local community to effectively use these ICTs. Government should ensure that adequate varieties and levels of ICT competence are offered to all citizens, and needs to find ways to gradually include ICT training in curricula at all levels, including primary education.