How Do Cubans Use Internet? The Effects of Capital

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dc.contributor.authorDeng, Xuefei (Nancy)
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Armando
dc.contributor.authorPress, Larry
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T00:34:39Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T00:34:39Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-08
dc.description.abstractWe conducted an exploratory study to understand Cuban Internet use from individual viewpoint. Drawing upon Bourdieu’s Capital Theory, this study seeks to understand forms of capital that affect Cubans’ Internet access and use. We collected data from online survey posted on a Cuban blogging site and analyzed the narratives of 82 Cuban citizens who shared their Internet use experience. Our data analysis shows that economic and cultural capital are the key factors influencing Cuban’s Global Internet and domestic Intranet access, which in turn influenced the development of their social and technical capital. Moreover, our analysis reveals Cuban’s value in Internet access for communication and knowledge acquisition, and reveals their improvisation behaviors when they experienced access barriers. Suggestions for future research on Cuban Internet use are discussed.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2019.617
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/59951
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectThe Diffusion, Impacts, Adoption and Usage of ICTs upon Society
dc.subjectInternet and the Digital Economy
dc.subjectCapital theory, Cuba, Internet, Intranet, User value
dc.titleHow Do Cubans Use Internet? The Effects of Capital
dc.typeConference Paper
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