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  Global NetworksVolume 6 Issue 2, Pages 181 - 199 Special Issue: Return to Cyberia: Technology and the Social Worlds of Transnational Migrants Published Online: 28 Feb 2006 © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd & Global Networks Partnership
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 132K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Transnational dimensions of the digital divide among Salvadoran immigrants in the Washington DC metropolitan area Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd & Global Networks Partnership ABSTRACTAbstract In this article I explore some dimensions of digital divide among Salvadoran immigrants in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Three main issues are addressed: the configuration of social networks, local axes of inequality and the transnational forms of appropriation and usage of the Internet and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Based on a media ethnography approach, the analysis combines structuration theory with diasporic media studies. It includes an examination of Internet communications, Salvadoran diasporic websites, the use of mobile phones and teleconferencing, and the transnational dimensions of the digital divide. The study's findings include the limited accessibility to the Internet and ICTs among Salvadoran immigrants, the importance of understanding the transnational dimensions of the digital divide (particularly in terms of generation) and the need to design and implement communication and technology policies in the Salvadoran transnational society. | 
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