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21; as promoted by CMC, 10, 18, 115; ethnic groups, heterogeneity
63, 67f., 144, 161, 188, 241, of and, 92; GDP as strong predic-
(Usenet groups in Indonesia, tor of, 96f.; GDP as weak predictor
Thailand), 309; as promoted by of, 113; gender empowerment as
high technology, 187; and public factor in, 7, 99 (see also gender
sphere (Habermas), 11, 241 (see empowerment); gender equality as
also public sphere); as resisted by predictor of, 99; infrastructure
political authorities, 316f.; tech- and, 98, 214; PC’s, number of, as
nology and, 2, 34n. 14; as threat- factor in, 7, 97; predictors of, 13;
ened/not promoted by CMC, 1, low ethnocentrism as predictor of,
161, 188, 241f., 248; as Western 159; relative advantage as factor
ideal, 308; whether part of West- in, 96; teledensity as factor in, 7,
ern or cosmopolitan culture, 319f. 98, 106, 112f.; uncertainty avoid-
See also CMC; democratization; ance as predictor of, 7, 91, 98, 99,
electronic networks; Habermas; 111f., 114. See also technology
Internet; technology diffusion theory, 7f.; global, 87f.,
democratic personality (Adorno), 93–95; global Internet diffusion
35n. 18 as case study of, 95–114. See also
democratization, 9, 12, 248; sup- early adopters, 93
pressed by metaphor of “Informa- Digital Divide (maldistribution of
tion Superhighway,” 248 resources and infrastructure), 6,
Denmark, locale coding and local- 29n. 1. See also haves and have-
ization software for, 299 nots; commercialization
Department of Telecommunications discourse, democratic, 16. See also
(Delhi, India), 291f. democracy; democratization;
Derrida, Jacques, 8, 140; as criti- e-mail, discourse characteristics
cized by Bourdieu, 243 of, 134f.; Habermas
deterministic, habitus as not fully, disembodiment, 147n. 9; leading to
11, 243. See also technological de- flame war, 136; vs. community
terminism; soft determinism and communion, 55. See also bod-
Devangari, 303n. 3 ily presence/absence, 135; cyber-
difference engine (Babbage), xi gnosticism, 23; embodiment
Diffusion of Innovation theory distance, interpersonal, 226; per-
(Rogers), 87, 92 sonal, 226; virtual, 228. See also
diffusion of mobile phones, 87, 273; non-verbal communication; pe-
as related to heterogeneity of eth- ripheral awareness
nic groups, 92. See also diffusion Dong-A Daily (Korean newspaper),
of technology; mobile phones 246ff.
diffusion of technology, ix; affected dualism (mind-body), 23. See also
by lack of economic, regulative cyber-gnosticism, 23; disembodi-
conditions, 75; cost, international ment; Manichean
call as factor in, 7, 106–8, 113; eco- dystopian. See utopian futures;
nomic and cultural factors in, 7; utopianism
Education Budget as factor in,
111f.; English language ability as early adopters (in innovation diffu-
factor in, 7f., 92, 99, 106f., 113, sion), characteristics of, 93