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The New Challenges and Opportunities of e-Inclusion

Digital Divides

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Digital Divides book

The New Challenges and Opportunities of e-Inclusion
Edited ByKim Andreasson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 16 January 2015
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/b17986
Pages 328
eBook ISBN 9780429255878
Subjects Politics & International Relations
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Andreasson, K. (Ed.). (2015). Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of e-Inclusion (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/b17986

ABSTRACT

The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the current state of digital divides, ranging from global

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|24 pages

The Digital Divide and the Global Post-2015 Development Debate

ByJEREMY MILLARD

chapter 2|20 pages

The Digital Broadband and Gender Divides

ByGARY FOWLIE, PHILLIPPA BIGGS

chapter 3|18 pages

Challenging the Digital Divide in a Developing Country: Ghana Case Study

ByJOHANNA EKUA AWOTWI

chapter 4|14 pages

China’s Digital Divides and Their Countermeasures

ByYUANFU JIAN

chapter 5|28 pages

Spatial and Social Aspects of the Digital Divide in Russia

ByTATIANA ERSHOVA, YURI HOHLOV, SERGEI SHAPOSHNIK

chapter 6|18 pages

Broadband Policy and Rural and Cultural Divides in Australia

BySCOTT EWING, ELLIE RENNIE, JULIAN THOMAS

chapter 7|24 pages

Digital Skills in Europe: Research and Policy

ByELLEN JOHANNA HELSPER AND ALEXANDER J. A. M. VAN DEURSEN

chapter 8|14 pages

Digital Inclusion: The Singapore Perspective

ByLIM SWEE CHEANG AND GUO LEI

chapter 9|18 pages

Leveraging Mobile Revolution for Turning Digital Divide into Digital Dividend: Examples from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

ByVIKAS KANUNGO

chapter 10|22 pages

e- Inclusion in Education: Lessons from Five Countries

BySOOBIN YIM, MELISSA NIIYA, MARK WARSCHAUER

chapter 11|14 pages

e- Education at the Local Level: Challenges and Pitfalls of Public Policies in Rio de Janeiro

ByBERNARDO SORJ, DENISE VAILLANT

chapter 12|30 pages

Local + Digital + Scale: A Mass Movement for Digital Inclusion

ByHELEN MILNER

chapter 13|18 pages

Beyond Failure: Rethinking Research and Evaluation in ICT4D

ByPAULA UIMONEN

chapter 14|16 pages

In Conclusion: Tackling Future Digital Divides

ByKIM ANDREASSON
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