Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of E-Inclusion
Boca Raton et al.: CRC Press (2015), xxviii, 300 pp.
Series: Public Administration and Public Policy, 195
ISBN 978-1-4822-1659-2
"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." (Publisher description)
SECTION I. DIGITAL DIVIDE CHALLENGES
1 The Digital Divide and the Global Post-2015 Development Debate / Jeremy Millard, 3
2 The Digital Broadband and Gender Divides / Gary Fowlie and Phillippa Biggs, 27
3 Challenging the Digital Divide in a Developing Country: Ghana Case Study / Johanna Ekua Awotwi 47
4 China's Digital Divides and Their Countermeasures / Yuanfu Jian, 65
5 Spatial and Social Aspects of the Digital Divide in Russia / Tatiana Ershova, Yuri Hohlov, and Sergei Shaposhnik, 79
6 Broadband Policy and Rural and Cultural Divides in Australia / Scott Ewing, Ellie Rennie, and Julian Thomas, 107
7 Digital Skills in Europe: Research and Policy / Ellen Johanna Helsper and Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen, 125
SECTION II. DIGITAL INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES
8 Digital Inclusion: The Singapore Perspective / Lim Swee Cheang and Guo Lei, 149
9 Leveraging Mobile Revolution for Turning Digital Divide into Digital Dividend: Examples from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka / Vikas Kanungo, 163
10 e-Inclusion in Education: Lessons from Five Countries / Soobin Yim, Melissa Niiya, and Mark Warschauer, 181
11 e-Education at the Local Level: Challenges and Pitfalls of Public Policies in Rio de Janeiro / Bernardo Sorj and Denise Vaillant, 203
12 Local + Digital + Scale: A Mass Movement for Digital Inclusion / Helen Milner, 217
13 Beyond Failure: Rethinking Research and Evaluation in ICT4D / Paula Uimonen, 247
14 In Conclusion: Tackling Future Digital Divides / Kim Andreasson, 265
1 The Digital Divide and the Global Post-2015 Development Debate / Jeremy Millard, 3
2 The Digital Broadband and Gender Divides / Gary Fowlie and Phillippa Biggs, 27
3 Challenging the Digital Divide in a Developing Country: Ghana Case Study / Johanna Ekua Awotwi 47
4 China's Digital Divides and Their Countermeasures / Yuanfu Jian, 65
5 Spatial and Social Aspects of the Digital Divide in Russia / Tatiana Ershova, Yuri Hohlov, and Sergei Shaposhnik, 79
6 Broadband Policy and Rural and Cultural Divides in Australia / Scott Ewing, Ellie Rennie, and Julian Thomas, 107
7 Digital Skills in Europe: Research and Policy / Ellen Johanna Helsper and Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen, 125
SECTION II. DIGITAL INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES
8 Digital Inclusion: The Singapore Perspective / Lim Swee Cheang and Guo Lei, 149
9 Leveraging Mobile Revolution for Turning Digital Divide into Digital Dividend: Examples from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka / Vikas Kanungo, 163
10 e-Inclusion in Education: Lessons from Five Countries / Soobin Yim, Melissa Niiya, and Mark Warschauer, 181
11 e-Education at the Local Level: Challenges and Pitfalls of Public Policies in Rio de Janeiro / Bernardo Sorj and Denise Vaillant, 203
12 Local + Digital + Scale: A Mass Movement for Digital Inclusion / Helen Milner, 217
13 Beyond Failure: Rethinking Research and Evaluation in ICT4D / Paula Uimonen, 247
14 In Conclusion: Tackling Future Digital Divides / Kim Andreasson, 265
