Personal Empowerment in the Study of Home Internet Use by Low-Income Families.

Bier, Melinda; Gallo, Michael; Nucklos, Eddy; Sherblom, Stephen; Pennick, Michael

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Publication Date: 1997

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Personal Empowerment in the Study of Home Internet Use by Low-Income Families.

Bier, Melinda; Gallo, Michael; Nucklos, Eddy; Sherblom, Stephen; Pennick, Michael

Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v30 n2 p107-21 Win 1997

Describes a United States Department of Commerce (National Telecommunications and Information Administrations, NTIA, 1995) study of home Internet use by Low-income families. The study investigated the barriers, benefits (empowerment), and perceived worth of the Internet and concluded that home Internet access enabled powerful emotional and psychological transformations. (PEN)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Economic Impact, Empowerment, Government Role, Information Networks, Internet, Low Income Groups, Nuclear Family, Urban Areas, Use Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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