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Proceedings of
International Conference on Advances in Information Technology AIT 2013
"A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE USES AND GRATIFICATIONS EXPERIENCED BY THE USERS OF DIGITAL DOORWAYS"
ABRAHAM G. VAN DER VYVER
MARIO A. MARAIS
DOI
10.15224/978-981-07-5939-1-52
Pages
132 - 134
Authors
2
ISBN
978-981-07-5939-1
Abstract: “The researchers performed content analysis on transcripts of 200 interviews conducted with users in disadvantaged communities where access to electronic information and entertainment is problematic. They found that the need for scholarly information overrides all other informational and gaming needs.”
Keywords: digital doorways, learning, games, information, uses, and gratifications.