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The first objective was to estimate the digital gender gap in the department of Puno in the year 2021. For this, the probit regression model with sample selection called Heckprobit was applied using data from the Residential Survey of Telecommunications Services for the year 2021 (Erestel, 2021) of the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (Peru). The second objective was to identify the determinants of the frequency of mobile Internet use in women dedicated to textile crafts in the department of Puno, for which the censored Poisson regression model was applied with primary data collected through a questionnaire, the simple random sample technique was used. The results show the existence of the digital gender gap, men are more likely to access mobile Internet by 5.4 percentage points compared to women. On the other hand, the results corroborate that the frequency of mobile Internet use was even lower for older artisan women (p<0.01), with fewer years of education (p<0.10), if they reside in a rural area (p<0.01) and if they have limited mobile Internet service (p<0.05), the digital gender gap persists and it is imperative that the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations and the municipalities undertake actions to promoting the closing of the gender gap, within the framework of the sustainable development goals of the millennium in the world agenda 2030 of the United Nations (UN). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, mobile applications have come to constitute an ecosystem of their own, becoming an important driver for innovation. The consolidation of mobile applications as the prevalent interface for content access has consequences for the production, distribution and consumption of content, merging the functional spheres of digital content: performance, creation, management and communication. This paper proposes a functional typology of mobile content applications, along with an evolutionary analysis model. It analyses the functional evolution of 153 versions of 12 relevant applications developed during two years (March 2013 through March 2015). Though statistical representativeness is limited, the sample analysis allowed validation of the model. The results point to intervention capacity and communication capacity over content as important value-added drivers in mobile content applications, although not in homogeneous terms for all the kinds of mobile applications analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose of this paper is to accomplish a partial validation of UTAUT 2 (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2) in mobile Internet. The study analyzes the relationship between hedonistic motivation, price/value and habit and the use intention of mobile internet in a sample of Chileans users. From the data collected in the field study, a SEM-PLS analysis of the research model was performed. The results of this analysis show a strong association of both hedonistic motivation and habit with the intention to use mobile internet. The research model and the results of this analysis are presented in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internet neutrality is among the most controversial issues when it comes to the design of media and Internet policies. The way the dispute is resolved will shape the way rights of users' access to any kind of content will be preserved. Hence its importance to all sectors related to digital production and distribution of media. Telecommunications companies, content producers and app developers, digital media platforms, users and regulators of all kinds, are the main actors involved. This paper analyses how policy makers have focused from different points of view on network neutrality in the United States, Japan and the European Union, in both fixed and mobile networks, with special emphasis on the evolution of the public debate on the different angles of the matter. The authors conclude that the authorities have concentrated most of their efforts on the issue of traffic regulation at the expense of other equally important aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Market response to mobile television usage is quite modest in most European countries. No single reason explains this situation. On the contrary, a set of complex and interrelated causes can be found. On the supply side, the potential hurdles are in the technical (infrastructures, standards), economic (revenue models, content availability) and normative domains. On the demand side, companies must understand the (real) utility derived by consumers and the circumstances in which they intend to use the service. The conditions for mobile television success are, therefore, the research question of this paper. It is concluded that removal of these barriers, focus on the user (rather than on the product), and stronger institutional commitment are key factors for mobile television development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the corporative point of view, cybermedia have got four main challenges nowadays: to define a new business pattern; to fit to the new standards in the acquisition and transmission of knowledges; to collect the readers that are leaving the convencional media; and to get a new and efficient formal treatment of the product. Also cyberjournalism is facing to the future challenge of new mobile supports in order to accede to its contents, which create two aditional complications: a very fewer size and a very complex interface. All of these items will imply the development of a new generation of typographical families, adapted to this new reality, to push for the flexibility due to the great versatility of mobile cyberjournalism and, finally, to deepen in interactivity, considered like the strategic formule to profit the wide range of services that is supporting this business pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes the development of Mobile Internet messaging and its opportunities for the journalism activity. It discusses about the existence or not of a professional on-line journalism particularity and it is proposed an optimal production scene based on the collaboration of pure journalists and producers. The SMS, WAP and MMS technology are analysed as a journalistic tool. The authors defend the view the new media requires format adaptation, new strategies and new products that should be designed by journalism professionals in collaboration with technical and design staff Finally, it presents the production case of the service El dia en cinco imágenes (Today in five images), offered by La Vanguardia (Spanish journal) and Amena (Spanish mobile operator). This service sends, via MMS, five images with their texts on most important news of the day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]