Digital Inclusion

Massimo Ragnedda; Bruce Mutsvairo

doi:10.5771/9781498562133

Summary

The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises of chapters written by respected scholars from a variety of countries, and brings together new scholarship addressing what the process of digital inclusion means for individuals and places in the countries analyzed. Each country has its own strategy to guarantee that people can access and enjoy the benefits of the information society. While this book does not presume to map all the countries in the world, it does shed light into these strategies, underlining what each country is doing in order to reduce digital inequalities and to guarantee that socially disadvantaged people (in terms of disabilities, availability of resources, age, geographic location, lack of education, or ethnicity) are digitally included.

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Copyright year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-6212-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-6213-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 224
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. 1. References No access
1. 1. Conclusion No access
  2. References No access
2. 1. Isn’t Everyone Digitally Included? No access
  2. Aging is not Homogeneous and Neither is Digital Access No access
  3. National Broadband Network No access
  4. References No access
3. 1. Digital Inequalities in the US No access
  2. Methodology: Combining Secondary Quantitative Data and Qualitative Case Studies No access
  3. Digital Inequalities in the US: Exposing Race as a Factor No access
  4. Focusing on Community Assets to Address Digital Inequalities No access
  5. Asset-Based Approaches to Future Digital Equity Research No access
  6. References No access
1. 1. Conclusions No access
  2. Acknowledgments No access
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2. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Results No access
  3. Conclusions and Discussions No access
  4. Note No access
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3. 1. Conclusion No access
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1. 1. Digital Inequalities in Jordan No access
  2. Digital Initiatives and Knowledge Economy No access
  3. Refugees and Digital Inclusion No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Social Inclusion No access
  2. Social Capital, Social Cohesion, Social and Digital Inclusion in Facebook (Digital Realm) No access
  3. Materials Studied in Participatory and Direct Observation No access
  4. Bridging Bonding Social Capital and Social Tolerance No access
  5. Results and Analysis No access
  6. Evaluation of the Comments from Iranian Facebook Users No access
  7. Discussion and Conclusion No access
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3. 1. From Digital Divide to Digital Exclusion No access
  2. Israeli Social Cleavages and their Influence on Digital Exclusion No access
  3. The Study No access
  4. Results No access
  5. Discussion and Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Conclusion and Recommendations No access
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2. 1. Beyond the Issue of Access No access
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1. What Digital Inclusion Offers No access
2. The Right and Wrong Sides of Digital Inclusion No access
3. References No access
Index No access Pages 213 - 216
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 217 - 224