A Study of Diffusion of Digitized Tools for a Developing Community-A Case Study

Autor: Yu-Jin Huang, 黃愉津
Rok vydání: 2010
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 98
Nowadays, digital technologies have been applied in our daily life extensively, which caused the huge differences between the cities and rural areas. This study observes the effect of the application of digital devices by the development of a traditional community. The author chose a traditional industrial community, that is lower information technology, and carrying out the extension of digital applications. This is a case study by observing Dapi Township, which is a traditional agricultural town. In the process of shortening the digital divide in rural areas, the Ministry of Education sets up a Digital Opportunity Center in Dapi. The research is conducted through observation and questionnaires to collect the data in the process and the change of promoting digital applications in Dapi community. The observation was carried out by offering services in the Dapi Digital Opportunity Centers as an e-service volunteer of the Ministry of Education. From the development of industrial to digital opportunity, observing the extending difficulties and the changes after the community accepts the service of digital applications, further to make an inference on impacts of digital extension in Dapi community. The result of data and on-site observation discovers three phenomenon of digitalized in the process of Dapi.First of all, the application of digitalization in Dapi community is extended, which includes three specific times. It starts from people learn the basic knowledge of computers then change to the digitalized application into the lives, and finally spread out to the development of tourism in the community. Second, the extension of digital perception is delaminated by ages. Young people are the easiest population that accepts digital learning, and then is the old population of evergreen learning, finally is the middle ages of challenging learning. Third, the Dapi Community not only uses digital divide to improve digital gap, but integrates the volunteers and the members of DOC, turning the cultural resources into tourism, promoting the industry cultures, and making the community united. The results of this study can provide the rural areas, which the environment is similar to Dapi community, the application of digital divide. The way of spreading can start from the public to the community. Digital technologies apply not only in our lives, but also in the development of community tourism, and enhance the community united.
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