Evolving a software development methodology for commercial ICTD projects (e-j…

This article discusses the evolution of a "DistRibuted Agile Methodology Addressing Technical Ictd in Commercial Settings" (DRAMATICS) that was developed in a global software corporation to support ICTD projects from initial team setup through ICT system design, development, and prototyping, to scaling up and transitioning, to sustainable commercial models. We developed the methodology using an…

Unintended technology transfer to Chinese software firms from Japan through o…

Since the end of the 1990s, some Chinese software firms have undertaken offshore software development for Japanese firms. They are engaged not only in coding and testing, but also in design. The results of our interviews with Chinese and Japanese firms show that Chinese firms have acquired design skills through these joint developments. Japanese firms did not intentionally implement technology …

Concerns with Infrastructuring: Invisible and Invasive Forces of Digital Plat…

The techno-nationalist and surveillant aspects of Chinese platform infrastructuralization are well-documented, yet less explored are the responses of citizens and consumers to the fast-evolving digital infrastructures shaping daily lives. Instead of focusing on the economic and political landscape, we offer a perspective that shifts from structures to processes, aiming to bridge studies of plat…

Piracy at the frontier: uneven development and the public sphere (e-journal)

In the decades following Indian Independence, the exponential growth of urban populations, the encroachment of slums on all open lands, the expensive and exhaustive hurdles to commercial premises and the chronic shortage of leisure capacity in overcrowded Indian cities all contributed to a delivery mechanism that operated on the street. Even during the heady days of India's 'liberalisation' eco…

Social Safety Nets and Sustainable Economic Development: A Theoretical Perspe…

This study dig out to answer two different but correlated question ; firstly, what is the role of Social Safety Net (SSN) measures in targeting the poverty for a developing country like Pakistan. Secondly, can the provision of social safety nets help in Sustainable Economic Development (SED)? The study surrounds to answer these questions in context of Pakistan's economy. Pakistan being a develo…

Designing research for the emerging field of open development (E-Journal)

This paper departs from the observation that empirical and conceptual frameworks describing the intersection of new technology and development studies have begun to embrace the idea of open development. Frameworks for research, however, continue to reflect older notions of technology appropriation and empowerment. In order to start a dialogue about research design appropriate to open developmen…

eTourism for Development (eT4D): the missing piece in the ICT4D research agen…

This forum article states the need for information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) scholars to start exploring a new area of research and practice at the intersection of tourism studies, development studies, and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In fact, tourism, as an intervention domain, has been neglected by the ICT4D community; however, its potential …

Research on the Risk Evaluation of Telecommunication Market Development and M…

To research on the risk evaluation of telecommunication market development and management, the TSCP method is proposed in this paper. With the rapid development of electronic information technology, telecommunication products multiply and its demand is also bigger and bigger. Therefore telecommunication industry has become the sunrise industry. And it has been a leader in industrial development…

Evaluation Levels of The Arab Academies for The Feminist Journalism in Its Tr…

Edisi

Vol. 12, No. 43

ISBN/ISSN

2074-9554

Deskripsi Fisik

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Economics of Digital Journalism: Reality and Challenges

This study about the economics of digital journalism focuses on transformations and development of media industries in the digital world. The technological rapid advances in the field of communication led to a new kind of media that relies on internet as a medium. Today, News are delivered and consumed via internet. The move to digital delivery has transformed not just the business model of new…