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Comparing Internet & Mobile Phone Usage : Digital Divides of Usage, adoption and dropouts. Originally Researched & Published by Ronald E. Rice & James E. Katz. Prepared by Sairam Venkatasubramanian. Submitted To Prof. Dr. Eduard Heindl. Introduction.
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Comparing Internet & Mobile Phone Usage : Digital Divides of Usage, adoption and dropouts Originally Researched & Published by Ronald E. Rice & James E. Katz Prepared by Sairam Venkatasubramanian Submitted To Prof. Dr. Eduard Heindl
Introduction • US Federal Government Declaration and assumption against Communication Media. • US Citizen Status during 2000. • Digital Divides. • Mobile Phone Technology Impact & attention. • Research Need and focus to Understand the disparities of US Communication Technology.
Data Collected • Internet Users Vs Nonusers • Barriers, Influences, Motivations & Consequences of Internet. • Mobile Phone Digital Divides.
Research Dimension • To what extent are there digital divides in Internet use and in mobile phone use in 2000? • What are the influences on and reasons for these divides? • To what extent are the primary digital divides of Internet usage and mobile phone usage similar, that is explained by similar influences?
Methods & Data Sample • Telephone survey conducted in March 2000 and administrated by US commercial survey firms. • Structure of survey analysis was designed by the author. Source: Comparing internet and mobile phone usage: digital divides of usage, adoption, and dropouts BY Ronald E. Rice, James E. Katz P 605
Results • Apparent Similarities between Internet and Mobile Phone. • Different Usage Category & their relationship to demographic differences • Relationships among Internet & Mobile phone users • Nonusers Vs Current Users • Former users Vs recent users • Dropouts Vs Current User
Primary cause: 3 types of Internet & Mobile phone digital divides • recent/veteran – 6 Internet & 3 Mobile Phone. • user/nonuser – 2 Internet & 3 Mobile Phone. • user/dropout – 1 Internet & 1 Mobile Phone. Source: Comparing internet and mobile phone usage: digital divides of usage, adoption, and dropouts BY Ronald E. Rice, James E. Katz P 613
Research Answers • Extend • Identified new digital divides. • Influence & Reasons • Both media's digital divides are not identical through there are few relevant influences.
Conclusion • The Gap between US Department of Commerce Statistics & this study. • Importance of Mobile Phone. • Digital Divides Impact on US Policy Makers.
References Comparing internet and mobile phone usage: digital divides of Usage, adoption, and dropouts Ronald E. Rice, James E. Katz Department of Communication, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071, USA (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.84.9229) 2003 US Telecommunication Policy