• DocumentCode
    3457909
  • Title

    Digital inclusion among the indigenous people (orang asli Semai) of Perak, Malaysia

  • Author

    Hashim, Rugayah ; Idris, Kartika Sari ; Ustadi, Yus Aznita ; Baharud-din, Zulkifli

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Administrative Sci. & Policy Studies, Univ. Teknol. Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-7 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    224
  • Lastpage
    228
  • Abstract
    The government´s transformation plan to have connected citizens through broadband access was the motivation for this research. Native minorities or orang asli in Perak, Malaysia formed the sample size for this cross-sectional study. The findings evidenced that 30.8% of the respondents are illiterate and only 5.2% are computer literate thus, substantiating the myth of digital inclusion among the minorities. The policy implication of the research provides justification for revamping social and technology inclusion among the natives. also, political will would retard the myth and rhetoric in promoting access for social inclusion and citizen development.
  • Keywords
    broadband networks; social aspects of automation; Malaysia; Perak; broadband access; citizen development; digital inclusion; government transformation plan; indigenous people; myth; orang asli Semai; rhetoric; social-technology inclusion; Broadband communication; Computers; Economics; Educational institutions; Government; Internet; computer literacy; digital divide; digital inclusion; natives; social inclusion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Applications and Industrial Electronics (ICCAIE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Penang
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2058-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCAIE.2011.6162135
  • Filename
    6162135