Digital Participation: Enabling Communities Beyond Broadband Access

Digital Participation: Enabling Communities Beyond Broadband Access connects two largely separate debates: On one hand, broadband internet access is often heralded as a panacea to bring about not only connectivity, but also innovation, economic development, new jobs and regional prosperity. On the other hand, community development research has established that access by itself is necessary, but not sufficient to resolve digital divides and foster digital inclusion. Edited by thought leaders from the fields of education, youth studies, librarianship, communication technology, and digital media studies, this book is positioned as a link to connect these debates. It brings together an international collection of empirically grounded case studies that identify the specific digital needs, issues and practices of different types of communities as they seek to take advantage of high speed internet access. The book brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds to engage in broad ranging conversations to advance knowledge that aims to foster digital inclusion and participation. Explores the notion that broadband access is necessary, but not sufficient to resolve digital divides and foster digital inclusionBrings together international, empirically grounded case studies to identify digital needs, issues and practices of different communities and contextualizes these with expert commentPresents contributions from multiple disciplines, with most chapters incorporating more than one disciplinary backgroundGives insight on the place of the digital in contemporary society INDICE: 1. Digital skills and literacy 2. Youth entrepreneurship 3. Connected learning 4. Community digital storytelling 5. Policy development

• ISBN: 978-0-08-102059-3
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés