http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/2009/09/non-instumental-use/ Does public access to information and communication technologies matter? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:23:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/2009/09/non-instumental-use/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Erskine Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:21:16 +0000 http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/?p=1507#comment-564 I agree that people are more likely to use computers in telecenters, libraries, and cybercafés for social and entertainment purposes than for anything else. So that traditional instruments or measurements do not investigate these non-instrumental usage patterns may have hindered our understanding of how people acquire ICT skills that then have impact on their lives. I agree that people are more likely to use computers in telecenters, libraries, and cybercafés for social and entertainment purposes than for anything else. So that traditional instruments or measurements do not investigate these non-instrumental usage patterns may have hindered our understanding of how people acquire ICT skills that then have impact on their lives.

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