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Challenging the Digital Divide?: A Literature Review of Community Informatics Initiatives


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There is growing concern that people without access to computers and the Internet may be excluded from a range of individual and communal opportunities including employment prospects, educational achievement, health status, leisure experiences, political participation and business opportunities. This report reviews existing literature about the emergence of a 'digital divide' between those who have access to computers and those who do not, and provides policy-makers and practitioners with the first accessible and comprehensive examination of worldwide research conducted to date. The authors argue that computer networks in the perceived emerging 'information society' makes access to these new information and communications technologies (ICTs) a prerequisite for commercial competitive advantage, social development and life chances. With examples of innovative applications of ICTs in disadvantaged communities, the report highlights their potential for improving the life opportunities and support for people living in such communities. It identifies the potential strengths and weaknesses of a range of community informatics initiatives as a means of providing effective support for people living in predominantly disadvantaged areas. The report also outlines key policy challenges for UK Online centres as an effective means to challenge the digital divide and provides clear policy recommendations to be addressed.

About the Author :
Brian D Loader is a Reader in Community Informatics and Director of the Community Informatics Research and Applications Unit (CIRA) based at the University of Teesside. His academic interests are focused around the emergence of ICTs and their implications for social, economic, governmental and cultural change. He is General Editor of the international journal Information, Communication and Society (Taylor & Francis, Routledge) and he has authored several books and published a number of articles, chapters and reports about technological change and social and political restructuring. Leigh Keeble is a Research Fellow at CIRA. She is involved in a range of activities including the evaluation of community informatics projects and their role in combating information exclusion. She has also conduced research into the impact of technology upon the voluntary sector and has written extensively about information technology and its effects on the community.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781859351970
  • Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Publisher Imprint: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Height: 297 mm
  • Weight: 250 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1859351972
  • Publisher Date: 28 May 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Sub Title: A Literature Review of Community Informatics Initiatives
  • Width: 210 mm


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