Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South

"The second volume in the SIRCA book series investigates the impact of information society initiatives by extending the boundaries of academic research into the realm of practice. Global in scope, it includes contributions and research projects from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The international scholarly community has taken a variety of approaches to question the impact of information society initiatives on populations in the Global South. This book addresses two aspects? Impact of research: How is the research on ICTs in the Global South playing a role in creating an information society? (e.g. policy formulation, media coverage, implementation in practice) and Research on impact: What is the evidence for the impact of ICTs on society? (i.e. the objectives of socio-economic development). This volume brings together a multiplicity of voices and approaches from social scientific research to produce an engaging volume for a variety of stakeholders including academics, researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and those in the business and civil sectors of society." -- Back cover Front Matter....Pages i-x Research on the Impact of the Information Society in the Global South: An Introduction to SIRCA....Pages 1-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 The Impact of Research on Development Policy and Practice: This Much We Know....Pages 21-43 Constructing Theories of Change for Information Society Impact Research....Pages 45-62 A New Set of Questions: ICT4D Research and Policy....Pages 63-82 Progress Towards Resolving the Measurement Link Between ICT and Poverty Reduction....Pages 83-104 The Impact of mFinance Initiatives in the Global South: A Review of the Literature....Pages 105-123 An Analytical Framework to Incorporate ICT as an Independent Variable....Pages 125-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 (Un)Balanced Conversations: Participatory Action Research in Technology Development in Peruvian Primary Schools....Pages 147-165 The Institutional Dynamics Perspective of ICT for Health Initiatives in India....Pages 167-185 Cybersex as Affective Labour: Critical Interrogations of the Philippine ICT Framework and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012....Pages 187-202 The Internet and Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs: Examining the Impact of Social Media on Women Empowerment....Pages 203-222 The Use of Mobile Communication in the Marketing of Foodstuffs in Côte d’Ivoire....Pages 223-241 Designing Web 2.0 Tools for Online Public Consultation....Pages 243-263 ICTs and Opinion Expression: An Empirical Study of New-Generation Migrant Workers in Shanghai....Pages 265-282 Impact of Research or Research on Impact: More Than a Matter of Semantics and Sequence....Pages 283-291 Communication Studies; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); R & D/Technology Policy