Digital Inclusion: International Policy and Research (2024) (Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities)

Synopsis

This collection presents policy and research that addresses digital inequalities, access, and skills, from multiple international perspectives. With a special focus on the impact of the COVID-19, the collection is based on the 2021 Digital Inclusion, Policy and Research Conference, with chapters from both academia and civic organizations.The COVID-19 pandemic has changed citizens’ relationship with digital technologies for the foreseeable future. Many people’s main channels of communication were transferred to digital services, platforms, and apps. Everything ‘went online’: our families, friends, partners, health, work, news, politics, culture, arts and protesting. Yet access to digital technologies remained highly unequal. This brought digital inclusion policy and research to the fore, highlighting to policymakers and the public the ‘hidden’ challenges and impacts of digital exclusion and inequalities. The cutting-edge volume offers research findings and policycase studies that explore digital inclusion from the provision of basic access to digital, via education and digital literacy, and on to issues of gender and technology. Case studies are drawn from varied sources including the UK, Australia, South America, and Eastern Europe, providing a valuable resource in the pursuit of social equity and justice.​This is an open access book.

Copyright:

2024

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

304 Pages

ISBN-13:

9783031289309

Related ISBNs:

9783031289293

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

05/19/24

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The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Simeon Yates

Edited by:

Elinor Carmi