CHAPTER 14. A systemic evaluation of obstacles preventing the wider public benefiting from and participating in the broadband society

CHAPTER 14. A systemic evaluation of obstacles preventing the wider public benefiting from and participating in the broadband society Chapter Authors Yiannis Laouris, Marios Michaelides & Bartolomeo Sapio Book Title INNOVATING FOR AND BY USERS Book Editor JO PIERSON, ENID MANTE-MEIJER, EUGÈNE LOOS& Bartolomeo Sapio Book Publisher COST Publisher Location Brussels Pages 171-180 Year 2013 Link https://www.academia.edu/27857020

Abstract

According to the Memorandum of Understanding, the objectives of the Cost 298 Action were defined as follows: (1) to examine the modalities in which users actually use information and computer technologies (ICTs), to discover their current forms of creativity; (2) to look ahead to technology related developments in the more medium term; (3) to suggest new approaches and methodologies for constructing a more user-driven model of innovation in order to overcome the limitations of current models of ‘user-centered’ development; (4) to produce a new phase in interdisciplinary cooperation. To achieve these goals, the Cost 298 community must ensure that the public at large uses broadband technologies widely and effectively. To achieve that goal, a co- laboratory has been organised to define possible obstacles that prevent meeting this target.

Citation

Laouris, Y., Michaelides, M., & Sapio, B. (2008). A systemic evaluation of obstacles preventing the wider public benefiting from and participating in the broadband society. Observatorio J, 5, 21-31.

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