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Local Geographies of Digital Inequality [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Science Computer Review, 2017
Combining data from a sample survey, the 2013 Oxford Internet Survey, with the 2011 UK Census, we employ small area estimation to estimate Internet use in small geographies in Britain. This is the first attempt to estimate Internet use at any small-scale level.
Blank, G, Graham, M, Calvino, C
openaire   +3 more sources

Bridging Digital Inequalities in Rural Schools in Germany: A Geographical Lottery?

open access: yes, 2021
Repeatedly, it has been argued that advancements in digitalisation could be beneficial for rural areas. However, digital inequalities persist and affect rural communities as well.
Christina Rundel, Koen Salemink
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Media for Digital and Social Inclusion: Challenges for Information Society 2.0 Research & Policies

open access: yestripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2011
In this paper we reflect on how research and policies can and/or should help in the development of a sustainable participatory information society for all. More specifically, we aim to investigate critically how social media can entail both potential and
Pieter Verdegem
doaj   +1 more source

Generációk az információs társadalomban. Általános iskolások, középiskolások, egyetemisták és a felnőtt lakosság IKT-használatának jellemzői Szegeden - Generations in the Information Society. The Characteristics of ICT Use of Grammar School, High School and University Students, and the Adult Population in Szeged [PDF]

open access: yesBelvedere Meridionale, 2013
The aim of our article is to analyse the generational differences of ICT access and utilization by presenting the first results of a recent sociological research which was carried out with four different age groups at the beginning of 2012.
VINCZE, Anikó
doaj   +1 more source

Teachers' technological competencies in enhancing teaching and learning in secondary schools in Tanzania

open access: yesEducational Technology Quarterly, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate level of teachers’ technological competencies and the effect of teachers’ age, gender, educational level and teaching experience in relation to their technological competencies they hold.
Tumaini Kalinga, Placidius Ndibalema
doaj   +1 more source

Digital inequalities in time of pandemic: COVID-19 exposure risk profiles and new forms of vulnerability

open access: yesFirst Monday, 2020
In this article, we argue that new kinds of risk are emerging with the COVID-19 virus, and that these risks are unequally distributed. As we expose to view, digital inequalities and social inequalities are rendering certain subgroups significantly more ...
Laura Robinson   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Digital Gaps in School? Exploring the Digital Native Debate [PDF]

open access: yesBelvedere Meridionale, 2015
The students of today have mostly grown up surrounded by numerous digital technologies, like cell-phones, computers and the internet; therefore they are called digital natives by some scholars.
VINCZE, Anikó
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Means for Reducing Digital Inequality: Literature Review [PDF]

open access: yesInforming Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 2018
Aim/Purpose: The aim of this paper is to identify the possibilities for reducing the second and third levels of the digital divide (or inequality) through conscious application of digital technologies, especially through the promotion of digital means for information, enlightenment, and entertainment.
Maceviciute, Elena, Wilson, Tom
openaire   +2 more sources

Expanding the Boundaries of Digital Inclusion: Perspectives From Network Peripheries and Non‐Adopters

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2023
In this thematic issue, we present research from authors who seek to contest, challenge, and reimagine what digital inclusion is and what it might be. Authors present work from understudied vantage points and “hard to reach” terrains, such as communities
Rob McMahon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous Community Networking in Hawai’i: The Pu‘uhonua o Waimānalo Community Network

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2023
Shaping digital inclusion policy and practice to meet community-defined goals requires more than access to digital devices and connectivity; it must also enable their effective design and use in situated local settings.
Rob McMahon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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