The rural digital divide in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe—recommendations from a scoping review

MÁ Esteban-Navarro, MÁ García-Madurga… - Informatics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the digital vulnerability of many citizens of the rural
world. This article identifies and analyzes the proposals made by academic literature to …

Revisiting the development trajectory of the digital divide: A main path analysis approach

SC Liao, TC Chou, CH Huang - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nature of the digital divide reflects inequalities in digital utilization, which is understood
to be a multidimensional phenomenon encompassing accessibility to ICTs, capabilities to …

New pathways to crisis resilience: Solutions for improved digital connectivity and capability in rural Australia

A Marshall, CA Wilson, A Dale - Media International …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite recent investments in telecommunications infrastructure in regional Australia, a
digital divide remains between rural and urban communities. The impacts of comparatively …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed internet access and energy poverty

K Ackermann, SA Churchill, R Smyth - Energy economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine how access to high-speed internet affects the probability of being in energy
poverty. To do so, we match data on Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) high …

Exploring User Adoption of ChatGPT: A Technology Acceptance Model Perspective

J Ma, P Wang, B Li, T Wang, XS Pang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the emergence of Chat Generative Pre-
trained Transformer (ChatGPT) marks a pivotal milestone in the realm of Artificial …

Promises and pitfalls of digital knowledge exchange resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic

VM Nguyen, C Bell, V Berseth, C Cvitanovic… - Socio-Ecological …, 2021 - Springer
In this article, we integrate our authorship experiences with insights from nine interviews of
knowledge exchange practitioners at the Canadian Forest Service about challenges and …

Broadband internet and cognitive functioning

K Ackermann, S Awaworyi Churchill… - Economic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We empirically examine the impact of high‐speed internet access on cognitive functioning
using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey and …

Can the digital economy boost rural residents' income? Evidence from China based on the spatial Durbin model

J Tao, Z Wang, Y Xu, B Zhao, J Liu - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The digital economy, as a new economic form, has the potential to be a considerable driving
force for promoting agricultural modernisation, accelerating the flow of information between …

Students' concerns about Online Remote Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in the 4IR digital society

W Matli, M Phurutsi - Procedia Computer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, teaching and learning in contact face-to-face universities had to transition to online
learning during 2020, following the disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns …

Will ICMT access and use support URM students' online learning in the (post) COVID-19 era?

S Kim, S Rosenblith, Y Chang, S Pollack - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In view of the United Nations'(UN's) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education
(SDG4), this study explored how information and communications and media technology …