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At home on the outstation: Barriers to home Internet in remote Indigenous communities

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  • Rennie, Ellie
  • Crouch, Andrew
  • Wright, Alyson
  • Thomas, Julian

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Indigenous Australians living in remote areas have little access to the Internet and make little use of it. This article investigates the various dimensions of Internet take-up in remote Indigenous communities in Australia and considers the implications for broadband policy. It focuses specifically on the circumstances and experiences of three remote Indigenous communities in central Australia. Residents in these communities provided significant insight into the social, economic and cultural aspects of communications access and use. This evidence is used to examine the drivers and barriers to home Internet for remote Indigenous communities and to discuss a complex set of issues, including: the dynamics of remote living, economic priorities, cultural engagement with technology, and the characteristics of domestic life in remote Indigenous communities.

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  • Rennie, Ellie & Crouch, Andrew & Wright, Alyson & Thomas, Julian, 2013. "At home on the outstation: Barriers to home Internet in remote Indigenous communities," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 583-593.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:37:y:2013:i:6:p:583-593
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.07.007
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    1. Middleton, Catherine & Park, Sora, 2014. "Waiting for the national broadband network: Challenges of connectivity in regional Australia," 20th ITS Biennial Conference, Rio de Janeiro 2014: The Net and the Internet - Emerging Markets and Policies 106893, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    2. Koen Salemink, 2016. "Digital margins: Social and digital exclusion of Gypsy-Travelers in the Netherlands," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 48(6), pages 1170-1187, June.
    3. Correa, Teresa & Pavez, Isabel & Contreras, Javier, 2017. "Beyond access: A relational and resource-based model of household Internet adoption in isolated communities," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(9), pages 757-768.

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