Social activities and mobile Internet diffusion: A search for the Holy Grail?

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel José Damásio ◽  
Sara Henriques ◽  
Inês Teixeira-Botelho ◽  
Patrícia Dias
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Holy Grail ◽  
Internet Diffusion

scholarly journals It’s still a thing: digital inequalities and their evolution in the information society

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-361
Author(s):  
Noemi Festic ◽  
Moritz Büchi ◽  
Michael Latzer
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Internet Skills ◽  
Internet Diffusion ◽  
Different Types

Internet diffusion has prompted research into differences in internet access, use and consequences. Exploiting the full potential of the ongoing digital transformation in all spheres of life-a proclaimed goal of governments and international organizations-requires ensuring equal opportunities and supporting disadvantaged individuals in their internet use. Using representative, population-level survey data from Switzerland spanning nearly a decade (2011-2019; Ntotal = 5,581), multiple multivariate regression analyses tested the effects of demographic and internet-use related variables on access (general and mobile), on internet skills and on different types of use (information, entertainment, commercial transactions and communication). Results indicated that despite high access rates (92% in 2019), considerable usage inequalities persist in the Swiss information society: in particular, we found an increasing marginalization of older individuals regarding the adoption of the internet and revealed the importance of internet skills, experience and mobile internet use for adopting differentiated types of use. The extreme differences between the highly connected majority and an increasingly marginalized minority raise concerns about the latter group’s opportunities for personal, social and economic benefits in an information society. This study provides unique results on current digital inequalities and their evolution which are crucial for assessing the success, suitability and legitimacy of digitization policies.

Going Online in the PC Graveyard

2011 ◽  
pp. 180-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inkyu Kang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Internet Adoption ◽  
Internet Diffusion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Internet Penetration

This chapter explores how the keitai (mobile) Internet has come to dominate Japan, marginalizing the PC-based Internet. The discussion focuses on the country’s cultural and ideological aspects that have worked as driving forces behind its mobile Internet boom. Special emphasis will be given to the validity of the common belief that the Japanese language has been a barrier to PC and Internet diffusion. This chapter argues that the Japanese language has actually encouraged rather than discouraged Internet adoption in Japan. Relying on media comparative analysis, this essay examines how Japan has developed a qualitatively different Internet use pattern that cannot be revealed in statistics like “number of Internet subscribers” or “household Internet penetration rates.”

Salvation of the diabetic foot: Still a quest for the holy grail?

VASA ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Papanas ◽  
Maltezos ◽  
Edmonds
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Holy Grail

The Quest for the Holy Grail

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 706-707
Author(s):  
Robert S. Siegler
Keyword(s):  
Holy Grail

Ambient mass spectrometry for extractionless analyses of plants: Holy Grail, useful tool or hoax?

Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
TA van Beek ◽  
Y Shen ◽  
T Verweij ◽  
A Villela ◽  
F Claassen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ambient Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Holy Grail
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