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contributor.advisorDiane Kellyen
creatorElizabeth R Herzogen
date.accessioned2008-04-18T19:19:55Z-
date.available2008-04-18en
date.available2008-04-18T19:19:55Z-
date.issued2008-04-18T19:19:55Z-
date.submittedApril 18, 2008en
identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1901/533-
description.abstractThis study describes and evaluates the marketing strategies employed by two telecenters in rural Thailand. Telecenters are facilities that provide information and communication technology services to under-served populations in an effort to close the “digital divide”. Interviews with key players involved in the management of the telecenters were conducted in order to determine the marketing practices in use. Questionnaire surveys of telecenter users and nonusers determined the effect of the marketing efforts on the community. The interviews clarified the challenges that the telecenters face. The survey results indicate that word-of-mouth advertising is the most successful marketing approach in use.en
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language.isoen_USen
publisherSchool of Information and Library Scienceen
subjectCommunity informatics Digital divide – Thailand Digital divide – Developing countries Information technology – Social aspectsen
titleMarketing the Digital Divide: Case Studies of Two Telecenters in Thailanden
typeElectronic Theses and Dissertationsen
degree.disciplineLibrary Scienceen
degree.grantorUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hillen
degree.levelMasteren
degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/en
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