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Papers & Reports

The project team has published several papers and articles based on its findings. It has also made several presentations. For more information about these publications and presentations, or for copies, please contact the project team at caict@u.washington.edu.

Papers

  • Wei, C.Y., and Kolko, B.E. (2005). Resistance to globalization: Language and Internet diffusion patterns in Uzbekistan. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia 11(2). Full Paper
  • Gygi, K., Wei, C., and Kolko, B. A case study of digitally emergent society: Information technology and educational practice in Uzbekistan. Central Eurasian Studies Society 6th Annual Conference, Boston, MA, September 29-October 2, 2005. Abstract
  • Wei, C., and Kolko, B. Studying mobile phone use in context: Cultural, political, and economic dimensions of mobile phone use. International Professional Communication Conference, Limerick, Ireland, July 10-13, 2005. Abstract | Full Paper
  • Johnson, E., and McGlinchey, E.M. (2005). Digital divide in Central Asia: Comparing ISP policy. Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 7-10, 2005.
  • Wei, C. (2004). Language and the Internet in Uzbekistan. In F. Sudweeks and C. Ess (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, Karlstad, Sweden, June 27-July 1, 2004 (pp. 393-396). Murdoch, Australia: Murdoch University Press. Abstract
  • Markova, M. (2004). Barriers for information technology adoption in post-Soviet Central Asia. In F. Sudweeks and C. Ess (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, Karlstad, Sweden, June 27-July 1, 2004 (pp. 277-281). Murdoch, Australia: Murdoch University Press. Abstract
  • Kolko, B.E., Wei, C., and Spyridakis, J.H. (2003). Internet use in Uzbekistan: Developing a methodology for tracking IT implementation success. Information Technologies and International Development 1 (2), 1-19. Abstract | Full Paper
  • Spyridakis, J.H., Wei, C., and Kolko, B.E. (2003). The relationship of culture and information-seeking behaviour: A case study in Central Asia. In Adjunct Proceedings of HCI International 2003, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2003 (pp. 167-168). Crete, Greece: Crete University Press. Abstract

Reports

  • Toplines for Spring 2003 "Daily Life in Uzbekistan" survey, available as HTML (without graphs) or PDF (with graphs).
  • Toplines for Spring 2006 "Daily Life in Uzbekistan" survey, available as HTML (without graphs) or PDF (with graphs).

Presentations

  • Billik, S., Salihbaeva, O., Johnson, E., (2006). Central Asia + Information Communication Technologies (CA+ICT) Project. Presentation Slides The 12th Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Tacoma, Washington, April 29, 2006.
  • Salihbaeva, O., Billik, S., Ryabukh, N. (2006). Conversations Online: Chat and Forum Activity in Central Asia. Presentation Slides The 12th Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Tacoma, Washington, April 29, 2006.
  • Willis, D., (2006) Information and Communication Technology in Emerging Markets: Central Asia Presentation SlidesPresented at the 2006 TCAA/STC meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 18, 2006.
  • Wei, C., and Kolko, B. (2005). Studying mobile phone use in context: Cultural, political, and economic dimensions of mobile phone use. In Proceedings of the 2005 2005 International Professional Communication Conference, Limerick, Ireland, July 10-13, 2005. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
  • Gygi, K., Wei, C., and Kolko, B. (2005). A case study of digitally emergent society: Information technology and educational practice in Uzbekistan. Central Eurasian Studies Society 6th Annual Conference, Boston, MA, September 29-October 2, 2005.
  • McGlinchey, E., and Johnson E. (2005). Foreign Aid and ICT Policy in Central Asia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 1-4, 2005.
  • Evans, M.B., Wei, C., Spyridakis, J.H., and Kolko, B.E. (2004). Factors That Differentiate Internet Users and Non-users in Uzbekistan. Internet Research 5.0 (Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers), Sussex, England, September 19-22, 2004.
  • Kolko, B.E. (2003). Games as Technological Entry Point: A Case Study of Uzbekistan. Level Up, Digital Games Research Conference, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 4-6, 2003.
  • Wei, C., Kolko, B.E., and Spyridakis, J.H. (2003). The Effect of the Internet on Society in Uzbekistan. Internet Research 4.0 (Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers), Toronto, Canada, October 16-19, 2003. Slides
  • Kolko, B.E., Spyridakis, J.H., and Wei, C. (2003). How Culture and Policy Affect the Role Internet Technologies Can Play in Central Asia. Fourth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, Cambridge, MA, October 3-5, 2003.
  • Kolko, B.E., Spyridakis, J.H., and Wei, C. (2003). Information Technology Development in Uzbekistan. Ninth Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies: Changing Boundaries and Shifting Identities in Europe and Eurasia, Bothell, WA, April 26, 2003.

Poster

  • Patterns of technology use in Central Asia. Poster Presentation to the Society for Technical Communication and Technical Communication Alumni Association, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 19, 2005. Poster

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. 0219350 and 0326101. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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