10.20381/ruor-12645
Khoury, Cathy
Exploring the Tension between Modernization and the Deployment of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the XO Laptop
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2010
Information Technology.
Mass Communications.
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2013-11-07
2013-11-07
2010
2010
en
Thesis
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, page: 1448.
http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28649
Using the XO laptop as a case study, this project explores the tension, if any, between modernization and the diffusion of information and communication technologies in developing countries. Modernization, the diffusion of innovation, and Burniske's (2003) chain of doing serve as theoretical frameworks to examine new visions of development that One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) aims to introduce to impoverished people on a global scale, with poverty alleviation being their main goal. Employing a qualitative approach, namely document analysis and analysis of online discussions, this research concludes that modernization is still used in new visions of development.