Digital Inclusion Across the Globe: What is Being Done to Tackle Digital Inequities?
Social Inclusion, volume 8, issue 2 (2020), pp. 132-259
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"There is a large body of research that has examined digital inequities, inequalities, and divides—i.e., those countries, communities, and individuals digitally left behind or disadvantaged. Whereas we know quite a lot about what is lacking and for whom, there is less focus on what works to alleviate these inequalities and divides in a variety of cultural contexts. This thematic issue brings together scholarship on digital inclusion initiatives and research from over 20 countries and in the context of numerous aspects, including different types of initiatives as well as different types of target audiences for these initiatives. Each article provides unique insights into what does and does not work in various communities, making recommendations on what could be done to improve the examined initiatives. We hope that the breadth and depth of articles presented here will be useful not just for academic audiences seeking to broaden their understanding of digital inclusion and ‘what can be done’ rather than focusing on ‘what is amiss,’ but also for policymakers and digital inclusion initiatives who are eager to expand and advance their digital inclusion work within their communities." (Abstract, page 132)
Digital Inclusion as a Core Component of Social Inclusion / Bianca Reisdorf and Colin Rhinesmith, 132
Social Support for Digital Inclusion: Towards a Typology of Social Support Patterns / Axelle Asmar, Leo van Audenhove and Ilse Mariën, 138
Digital Literacy Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Development / Danica Radovanovic, Christine Holst, Sarbani Banerjee Belur, Ritu Srivastava, Georges Vivien Houngbonon, Erwan Le Quentrec, Josephine Miliza, Andrea S. Winkler and Josef Noll, 151
Do Mobile Phones Help Expand Social Capital? An Empirical Case Study [Rwanda] / Alain Shema and Martha Garcia-Murillo, 168
Implications of Digital Inclusion: Digitalization in Terms of Time Use from a Gender Perspective / Lidia Arroyo, 180
A New Player for Tackling Inequalities? Framing the Social Value and Impact of the Maker Movement / Elisabeth Unterfrauner, Margit Hofer, Bastian Pelka and Marthe Zirngiebl, 190
Fostering Digital Participation for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Caregivers: Towards a Guideline for Designing Education Programs / Vanessa N. Heitplatz, 201
Effective Experiences: A Social Cognitive Analysis of Young Students’ Technology Self-Efficacy and STEM Attitudes [USA] / Kuo-Ting Huang, Christopher Ball, Shelia R. Cotten and LaToya O’Neal, 213
Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid / Daniel Calderón Gómez, 222
Configuring the Older Non-User: Between Research, Policy and Practice of Digital Exclusion [Austria] / Vera Gallistl, Rebekka Rohner, Alexander Seifert and Anna Wanka, 233
Digital Inclusion Across the Americas and the Caribbean / Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Matías Dodel, Teresa Correa, Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla, Sayonara Leal, Claudia Magallanes-Blanco, Leandro Rodriguez-Medina, Hopeton S. Dunn, Lloyd Levine, Rob McMahon and Aneka Khilnani, 244
Social Support for Digital Inclusion: Towards a Typology of Social Support Patterns / Axelle Asmar, Leo van Audenhove and Ilse Mariën, 138
Digital Literacy Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Development / Danica Radovanovic, Christine Holst, Sarbani Banerjee Belur, Ritu Srivastava, Georges Vivien Houngbonon, Erwan Le Quentrec, Josephine Miliza, Andrea S. Winkler and Josef Noll, 151
Do Mobile Phones Help Expand Social Capital? An Empirical Case Study [Rwanda] / Alain Shema and Martha Garcia-Murillo, 168
Implications of Digital Inclusion: Digitalization in Terms of Time Use from a Gender Perspective / Lidia Arroyo, 180
A New Player for Tackling Inequalities? Framing the Social Value and Impact of the Maker Movement / Elisabeth Unterfrauner, Margit Hofer, Bastian Pelka and Marthe Zirngiebl, 190
Fostering Digital Participation for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Caregivers: Towards a Guideline for Designing Education Programs / Vanessa N. Heitplatz, 201
Effective Experiences: A Social Cognitive Analysis of Young Students’ Technology Self-Efficacy and STEM Attitudes [USA] / Kuo-Ting Huang, Christopher Ball, Shelia R. Cotten and LaToya O’Neal, 213
Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid / Daniel Calderón Gómez, 222
Configuring the Older Non-User: Between Research, Policy and Practice of Digital Exclusion [Austria] / Vera Gallistl, Rebekka Rohner, Alexander Seifert and Anna Wanka, 233
Digital Inclusion Across the Americas and the Caribbean / Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Matías Dodel, Teresa Correa, Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla, Sayonara Leal, Claudia Magallanes-Blanco, Leandro Rodriguez-Medina, Hopeton S. Dunn, Lloyd Levine, Rob McMahon and Aneka Khilnani, 244
