The Role of Social Culture in Internet Adoption in Greece: Unpacking “I Don't Want to Use the Internet” and Frequency of Use

Abstract

(Bakardjieva, 2005;Haddon, 2000;Katz and Rice, 2002;Klamer et al., 2000;Selwyn, 2004;Silverstone, 2003Silverstone, , 2005Tsatsou, 2011aTsatsou, , 2011bVerdegem and Verhoest, 2009;Wyatt et al., 2002; and others).

Digital inclusion of people with disabilities: a qualitative study of intra-disability diversity in the digital realm

“…Research has also found that culture and cultural determinants of identity play a role in the decisions people make for their digital inclusion (e.g., Baron and af Segerstad 2010;Robinson 2009;Tsatsou 2011bTsatsou , 2012. At the same time, what constitutes choice and the extent to which choice and personal decision-making are informed are questions scholars have emphatically raised (e.g., Eynon and Helsper 2010).…”

Cultural Differences and Technology Acceptance: A Comparative Study

“…It was the most commonly studied aspect of Hofstede's five factors. The majority of studies found a negative relationship between UA and adoption (Bagchi, Hart, and Peterson, 2004;Erumban and deJong, 2006;Gong, Stump, and Li, 2013;Peters and denDulk, 2003;Stump, Gong, and Chelariu, 2010;Tsatsou, 2012). For example, countries that have low uncertainty avoidance like Denmark, Finland, and The Netherlands are more likely to allow employees in their organizations to telework from home (Peters and denDulk, 2003) and Greece, which has a culture of uncertainty/novelty resistant cultures, discourages technical development, innovation, and internet adoption.…”

“…For example, countries that have low uncertainty avoidance like Denmark, Finland, and The Netherlands are more likely to allow employees in their organizations to telework from home (Peters and denDulk, 2003) and Greece, which has a culture of uncertainty/novelty resistant cultures, discourages technical development, innovation, and internet adoption. (Tsatsou, 2012). Other studies looked in more detail at how countries were likely to adopt.…”

Inevitable inequalities?

“…Because of their quantitative character, the general factors found often lack theory and explanatory specification. In other words, the detailed mechanisms and the social contexts concerned are often overlooked, which is a concern that has been previously expressed in digital inequality research (e.g., Ragnedda, 2018;Tsatsou, 2012).…”