Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been touted as means of increasing economic development by providing improvements in the lives of people where the use of technology leads to better livelihoods. Despite the high access and use of ICTs in the United States, high unemployment and poverty rates among Native Americans and African Americans continues to rise while deepening existing income inequalities. Through a framing analysis of Native American and African American microentrepreneurs, this paper investigates the use of ICTs in six micro-enterprises. Our findings reveal strong community and infrastructure frames in Native American micro-enterprises and their use of Information Technology (IT) products and services for business and economic development. The African American micro-enterprises studied showed low levels of trust affecting their use of ICTs in their businesses. This has important implications for how ICTs may support these micro-enterprises.
Recommended Citation
Xiong, Jie; Qureshi, Sajda; and Lamsam, Teresa A., "A Framing Analysis of African-American and Native-American Owned Micro-enterprises: How can Information and Communication Technology Support their Development?" (2015). Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations. 37.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/isqafacproc/37
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Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Databases and Information Systems Commons
Comments
Published in 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
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