Internet Altering Indian Households: Enabling Indian Housewives Perform Household Responsibilities - Couverture souple

Chauhan, Leena; Maniar, Avani

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 396067225X ISBN 13 : 9783960672258

Editeur : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Internet has changed the communication paradigm; it is no longer difficult to reach people beyond geographical boundaries. It has a variety of uses for different demographics of society. Internet is a blessing to everyone if used for the right purpose. Every member of society, men, women, children, and senior citizens, have equal opportunity to learn and use internet. Internet allows its users to create and join online communities, to share ideas and gain knowledge about any topic. YouTube, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram are the most popular websites among internet users. Amongst its boundless uses, women have chosen to use internet for maintaining a healthy life style. According to the Women Web Study Report June 2013 by Google India, there were total of 150 Million internet users in India and among them 60 million were women. Furthermore, it elaborated that half of the internet users agreed that internet surfing influenced their decision before purchasing a product. The interesting finding was that the eighty percent of women recommended their purchase to other women whereas twenty five percent of them shared their online purchasing experience online. These findings highlight the use of the internet among Indian women. The Indian patriarchal culture has always associated technology with men. Its usually the men of the house who purchase and operate “technology”. But Internet has proven to be quite different – over the years women in Indian society have grown affinity for it. They are using internet with utmost ease for various purposes. The content in this book throws light on how married Indian women are using internet to bring creativity, efficiency and a “newness” to their mundane household responsibilities. How Internet is being used for their kitchen management, child care, socialization and entertainment. It forces our society to reflect on how action, computer and internet training can positively impact Indian married women. Internet supports economic development of Indian women by facilitating e-commerce and e-learning. The training for using the internet and computer may enable women to make the best use of the internet to perform their household responsibilities The suggestions provided by the married women highlight that government and welfare agencies should promote and initiate computer and internet training programs and projects for women. This step for digital inclusion will lead towards women -empowerment and uplift their status in their family, society, and nation at large. This digital literacy and inclusion initiatives may lead women to gain empowerment and further help in upliftment of their status in family, society, and nation. Them. This book is an eye opener for all of us to think how technology can be used or development, upliftment, and empowerment of socially backward gender in a society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Myself presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Extension and Communication, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. I Have 20 years of teaching experience and presently coordinating "Rural Extension Programmes" of the department. I was the Programme Coordinator of the course P.G. Diploma in Development Management run by the department since last 12 years.Presently coordinating Master Programme of the department. From the academic year 2014-2015.I am also coordinating the administration of Fashion Communication Department, Institute of Fashion Design, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The M.S University of Baroda, Vadodara. My major contribution is in the field of ICT in education and development focusing on designing and implementing information technology in the formal and non-formal set-up for bringing quality changes in the lives of the people. The focus of my work is in community Development Programmes Using Various Communication Strategies from Traditional to Modern media. Media blending techniques and behaviour communication strategies have been incorporated into all my projects for bringing change in the communities. I expertise in collaborative community development projects for outreach activities for community development work. Since last ten years, my work is towards senior citizens for improving their quality of life. Recently i am working on E content development of curriculum courses offered at UG level.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Anchor Academic Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 396067225X
• ISBN 13: 9783960672258
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bedey & Thoms Media GmbH; info@diplom.de; ; Hermannstal 119 k; Hamburg; 22119; Allemagne