Digital Inclusion

An International Comparative Analysis
Herausgeber: Mutsvairo, Bruce; Ragnedda, Massimo

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection examines the risks and social opportunities created by the growth of information and communication technologies. In particular, the contributors analyze how digital inclusion is affected by the social and cultural contexts of access around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781498562126
• ISBN-10: 1498562124
• Artikelnr.: 52640873

Autorenporträt

Edited by Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo - Afterword by Gerard Goggin - Contributions by Hamid Abdollahyan; Mahin Sheikh Ansari; Orit Ben-Harush; Anfan Chen; Lorenzo Dalvit; Christiana Hammond; Jianbin Jin; Hanna Kreitem; Kehbuma Langmia; Andrea Lim

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Digital Inclusion: Empowering People through Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs), Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo
Part I: Digital Inclusion in Advanced Countries Chapter 1: Reducing and
Preventing Digital Discrimination: Digital Inclusion Strategies in Europe,
Massimo Ragnedda Chapter 2: Not So Ubiquitous: Digital Inclusion and Older
Adults in Australia, Sue Malta and Raelene Wilding Chapter 3: Digital
Inclusion in International Perspective: An Asset-Based Approach to Digital
Inclusion Research in the US Context, Bianca C. Reisdorf and Colin
Rhinesmith Part II: Digital Inclusion in BRICS Countries Chapter 4: From
Access to Proficiency: Reconceptualising Digital Inclusion in a Rural Area
in South Africa, Lorenzo Dalvit Chapter 5: Mapping the Evolutive
Trajectories of China's Digital Divide: A Longitudinal Observation, Jianbin
Jin, Fanxin Meng, Anfan Chen, Lin Shi, and Tao Wang Chapter 6: Changes in
Knowledge Acquisition According to the Proximity with Digital Media
Networks, Andrea Limberto Part III: Digital Inclusion in the Middle East
Chapter 7: Digital Inclusion in Jordan: Opportunities and Hurdles, Hanna
Kreitem Chapter 8: An Explanatory Analysis of Facebook's Effect on Social
Cohesion in Iran, Hamid Abdollahyan and Mahin Sheikh Ansari Chapter 9:
"Nothing Is Ever Truly New": The Persisting Digital Exclusion in Israel,
2002-2013, Amit M. Schejter, Orit Ben-Harush, and Noam Tirosh Part IV:
Digital Inclusion in Africa Chapter 10: ICT and Development: Narrowing the
Digital Divide and the Knowledge Gap of ICT Users in Cameroon and Ghana,
Kehbuma Langmia and Christiana Hammond Chapter 11: Kenya's Digital Divide:
Challenged, Evolving, and Persistent, Norbert Wildermuth Afterword, Why
Digital Inclusion Now? Gerard Goggin