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Digital Parenting: The Challenges for Families in the Digital Age

Giovanna Mascheroni, Cristina Ponte, Ana Jorge (eds.)

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2018), 239 pp.

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Social Media Use Needs Assessment for At-Risk Groups & In-Depth Analysis of Use of Social Media in Indonesia

Ruici Tio, Fatima Astuti, Hannah Perry et al.

Search for Common Ground; Love Frankie (2018), 84 pp.

"This report summarizes the findings from a research study conducted by Love Frankie to inform Search for Common Ground (Search) in developing an implementation strategy for a 24-month project to reduce the influence of violent extremist narratives online, particularly targeted at youth and ex-juven ... more

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Digital in 2018: Essential Insights Into Internet, Social Media, Mobile, and E-Commerce Use Around the World

Simon Kemp

We Are Social; Hootsuite (2018), 153 slides

"Perhaps the most exciting headline in this year’s reports is that global internet users have now passed the 4 billion mark. Well over half of the world’s population now uses the internet, and a quarter of a billion new users came online for the first time during the past 12 months. People are s ... more

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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2018

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2018), vi, 240 pp.

"In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadban ... more

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El uso de las redes sociales para la medición de audiencias: El modelo de Honduras como una propuesta de paradigma global

Kevin Arnaldo, Mejía Rivera

Getafe: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Doctoral Thesis (2018), 186 pp.

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Ugandan Women Online: A Quantitative Survey on Digital Literacy in Uganda

Pollicy; Internews (2018), 21 pp.

"We found that knowledge around digital security amongst women in Kampala is quite low. A high proportion of women have been victims of cyberbullying without any obvious routes to seeking justice against perpetrators. There is an urgency for law enforcement and government to hand down stricter penal ... more

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Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, Innovate

Paris: OECD (2018), 150 pp.

"The road ahead is uphill: today worldwide some 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet. Women are under-represented in ICT jobs, top management and academic careers and, as shown in this report, men are four times more likely than women to be ICT specia ... lists. At 15 years of age, on average, only 0.5% of girls wish to become ICT professionals, compared to 5% of boys. Women-owned start-ups receive 23% less funding and are 30% less likely to have a positive exit compared to male-owned businesses. This report explores a range of factors that underpin the digital gender divide, bolsters the evidence base for policy making and provides policy directions for consideration by all G20 governments. It has been prepared by the OECD at the request of the Australian Government to support advancement of the 2017 G20 Roadmap for Digitalisation: Policies for a Digital Future, in particular its aim to support the equitable participation of women in the digital economy. It complements the initiative of the 2018 Argentinian G20 Presidency to share policies, actions and national practices that have had a significant and measurable impact in bridging the digital gender divide, while supporting Argentina’s mainstreaming of gender across the G20 agenda. The report finds that hurdles to access, affordability, lack of education as well as inherent biases and sociocultural norms curtail women and girls’ ability to benefit from the opportunities offered by the digital transformation. In addition, girls’ relatively lower educational enrolment in disciplines that would allow them to perform well in a digital world – such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as information and communication technologies – coupled with women’s and girls’ more limited use of digital tools could lead to widening gaps and greater inequality. Acting now to reverse these trends can pay off: the reports finds that greater inclusion of women in the digital economy and increased diversity bring value, both social and economic. For instance, inventions arising out of mixed teams are more economically valuable and have higher impact than those in which only men are involved. Co-ordinated policy action can help narrow the digital gender gap. This requires raising a wareness and tackling gender stereotypes; enabling enhanced, safer and more affordable access to digital tools; and stronger cooperation across stakeholders to remove barriers to girls and women’s full participation in the digital world." (Foreword, page 5) more

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Media Influence Matrix: Bulgaria. Technology, Public Sphere and Journalism

Marius Dragomir, Mariia Altergot

Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2018), 24 pp.

"Technology plays an important role for news media distribution in Bulgaria: 88% of Bulgarians get their news online, first and foremost on the online platforms of popular television channels and their social network pages. Bulgarians are some of the most active social media users in the EU (ranked ... more

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Mobile Phone Usage in Turkana, Kenya

Ichiyo Habuchi

In: The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media

Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 475-487

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The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media

Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge, paperback ed. (2017), xxiii, 558 pp.

"The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media seeks to be the definitive publication for scholars and students interested in comprehending all the various aspects of mobile media. This collection, which gathers together original articles by a global roster of contributors from a variety of disciplines, s ... more

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Digital Environments: Ethnographic Perspectives Across Global Online and Offline Spaces

Urte Undine Frömming, Steffen Köhn, Samantha Fox, Mike Terry (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2017), 267 pp.

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The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian Approach to Digital Inequalities

Massimo Ragnedda

London; New York: Routledge (2017), vi, 128 pp.

"Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests counter-trends that alle ... more

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Bridging the Digital Divide in Nigeria: A Case Study of ICT Access and Usage in Lagos Metropolis

Oluwakemi Matilda Akinleye

Leicester: University of Leicester, Department of Media and Communication, Master of Arts Thesis (2017), 65 pp.

"This research assesses the access and usage of ICT (mobile and smart phones, personal computer, tablets and ipads) and internet by residents of Lagos in Nigeria, with emphasis on the availability and use of ICT for socioeconomic and political growth. ICT access and usage is indispensable in today's ... more

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Networks of Communication in South Africa: New Media, New Technologies

R. Sooryamoorthy

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), xii, 288 pp.

"R. Sooryamoorthy examines the development of communication patterns, social contacts and networks in South Africa. Based on pioneering quantitative and qualitative data, he analyses trends in changing media use in Africa, showing the development of the use of new media for communication by South Af ... more

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Youtubers y otras especies: El fenómeno que ha cambiado la manera de entender los contenidos audiovisuales

Millán Berzosa

Madrid: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2017), 188 pp.

"[Este libro] acerca de manera amena al lector la realidad que hay detrás del éxito de YouTube, un fenómeno que ha transformado la manera de crear y consumir contenido audiovisual [...] Un libro que conecta con el ciclo ‘Youtubers, personas (y cintas de vídeo)’ realizado en el Espacio Fundac ... more

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Social Media in Emergent Brazil: How the Internet Affects Social Change

Juliano Spyer

London: UCL Press; University College London (2017), xviii, 240 pp.

"Based on 15 months of ethnographic research, this book aims to understand why low-income Brazilians have invested so much of their time and money in learning about social media. Juliano Spyer explores this question from a number of perspectives, including education, relationships, work and politics ... more

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Social Media in South India

Shriram Venkatraman

London: UCL Press; University College London (2017), xi, 240 pp.

"One of the first ethnographic studies to explore the use of social media in the everyday lives of people in Tamil Nadu, 'Social Media in South India' provides an understanding of this subject in a region experiencing rapid transformation. The influx of IT companies over the past decade into what wa ... more

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The State of World's Children 2017: Children in a Digital World

New York: UNICEF (2017), vi, 205 pp.

"[This report] surveys the landscape of digital opportunity as it relates to – and affects – children. It examines the digital divides that prevent millions of children from accessing through the internet new opportunities to learn and, someday, to participate in the digital economy, helping to ... more

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Young and Online: Children’s Perspectives on Life in the Digital Age. The State of the World’s Children 2017 Companion Report

Amanda Third, Delphine Bellerose, Juliano Diniz De Oliveira, Girish Lala, Georgina Theakstone

Sydney: Western Sydney University (2017), 91 pp.

"In June 2017, 490 children aged 10–18, from 26 different countries and speaking 24 official languages, participated in workshops held by UNICEF Country Offices and National Committees to share their views on how and why they use digital technologies in their everyday lives, as well as their aspir ... more

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How Does the Time Children Spend Using Digital Technology Impact Their Mental Well-Being, Social Relationships and Physical Activity? An Evidence-Focused Literature Review

Daniel Kardefelt-Winther

Florence: UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2017), 35 pp.

"Based on an evidence-focused literature review, the first part of this paper examines existing knowledge on how the time children spend using digital technology impacts their well-being across three dimensions; mental/psychological, social and physical. The evidence reviewed here is largely inconcl ... more