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Social media news deserts: Digital inequalities and incidental news exposure on social media platforms

New Media & Society, 2021
Some people live in social media “news deserts,” while others are embedded in online networks that are rich in news content. These news deserts represent a new form of digital inequality—distinct from problems of access, resources, or civic skills—that ...
M. Barnidge, Michael A. Xenos
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From Digital Divides to Digital Inequalities

2009
Concerns about inequalities deriving from the penetration of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) have only recently become a widely debated issue in industrial societies. Until the 1980s the diffusion of ICT was mainly considered a matter of technological innovation regarding selected fields and limited territorial areas (such as the ...
AMORETTI F, CASULA C
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Digital inequalities in American disadvantaged urban communities: access, skills, and expectations for digital inclusion programs

Information, Communication & Society, 2021
Addressing several important gaps in the digital inequality literature, this study examines digital inequalities in public housing communities.
Wenhong Chen, Xiaoqian Li
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Digital inequalities in rural schools in South Africa

Open Science Journal, 2021
It has been argued that advancements in digitalisation and enhancement of digital development could be beneficial for rural schools. However, digital inequalities persist and affect rural schools since little attention has been paid to the specific ...
Nkosinathi Martin Duma   +3 more
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Digital Inequity

2010
A major challenge in education is to ensure that ALL students are prepared for the technological advances of the 21st century and beyond. This means that ALL students must have access and use of information/educational technologies (I/ET), including assistive technologies for students with disabilities, in their schools.
Monica R. Brown, Michael Fitzpatrick
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Materializing digital inequalities

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2, 2013
As a predominantly social phenomenon, many examinations around issues caused by digital inequalities appropriately focus on the policies, attitudes, and other cultural elements that pertain to the adoption, use, and proliferation of digital technology.
David Nemer, Shad Gross, Nic True
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Digital policy narratives: addressing grand challenges or exacerbating digital inequalities?

Information Technology for Development
Like many countries, the UK has been exploring digital technologies to address grand challenges. In this paper, we study UK policy-generated narratives of the past 10 years to explore the role of digital inequalities within the UK policy rhetoric on the ...
E. Zamani, Sara Vannini
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The COVID-19 pandemic: new concerns and connections between eHealth and digital inequalities

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 2020
Purpose Telemedicine has been advancing for decades and is more indispensable than ever in this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic. As shown, eHealth appears to be effective for routine management of chronic conditions that require extensive ...
Aneka Khilnani   +2 more
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Digital inequalities among smallholder farmers in Benin: Determinants of attitude, material access, skills and usage

Information Development
Digital inequalities in the agricultural sector have become a prominent concern since the advent of digital technologies. To address these inequalities among farmers, it is essential to gain a comprehensive understanding of their nature and underlying ...
Morrisson Gouthon   +3 more
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Digitizing surveillance: categorization, space, inequality

Critical Social Policy, 2003
In this article, we seek to add to current debates about surveillance and society by critically exploring the social implications of a new and emerging raft of surveillance practices: those that specifically surround digital techniques and technologies. The article has four parts.
Graham S, Wood D
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