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  • 标题:Determinants of Internet Use in Iraq
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  • 作者:Firas H. Al-Hammadany ; Almas Heshmati
  • 期刊名称:International Journal of Communication
  • 印刷版ISSN:1932-8036
  • 出版年度:2011
  • 卷号:5
  • 页码:23
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:USC Annenberg Center
  • 摘要:The Internet is considered to be today’s most advanced technology and a key to progress in communications and in the exchange of information, goods, services, and technologies. Since its introduction during the late 1960s, the Internet has been instrumental in creating opportunities and conditions for progress in developed and developing nations alike. Not all nations, though, welcome this particular tool of global interconnectivity. One such nation is Iraq, which faces huge challenges in increasing Internet penetration, capacity building, and changing the traditional methods of communications. This study of Iraq’s efforts during this difficult undertaking explores the many factors that define this transition process. It concludes by explaining the determinants of Internet use in Iraq. The results of the study indicate that while Iraqis are eager to adopt this technology in order to reach out to the world, a number of factors are not allowing it to become a public domain. Factors include lack of adequate resources, insufficient incentives and encouragement from the government, and social inhibitions.
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