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Introduction: digital inclusion: empowering people through information and communication technologies (ICTS) / Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo -- Digital inclusion in advanced countries. Reducing and preventing digital discrimination: digital inclusion strategies in Europe / Massimo Ragnedda -- Not so ubiquitous: digital inclusion and older adults in Australia / Sue Malta and Raelene Wilding -- Digital inclusion in international perspective: an asset-based approach to digital inclusion research in t US context / Bianca C. Reisdorf and Colin Rhinesmith -- Digital inclusion in BRICS countries. From access to proficiency: reconceptualising digital inclusion in a rural area in South Africa / Lorenzo Dalvit -- Mapping the evolutive trajectories of China's digital divide: a longitudinal observation / Jianbin Jin, Fanxin Meng, Anfan Chen, Lin Shi, and Tao Wang -- Changes in knowledge acquisition according to the proximity with digital media networks / Andrea Limberto -- Digital inclusion in the Middle East. Digital inclusion in Jordan: opportunities and hurdles / Hanna Kreitem -- An explanatory analysis of Facebook's effect on social cohesion in Iran / Hamid Abdollahyan and Mahin Sheikh Ansari -- "Nothing is ever truly new": the persisting digital exclusion in Israel, 2002-2013 / Amit M. Schejter, Orit Ben-Harush, and Noam Tirosh -- Digital inclusion in Africa. LCT and development: narrowing the digital divide and the knowledge gap of ICT users in Cameroon and Ghana / Kehbuma Langmia and Christiana Hammond -- Kenya's digital divide: challenged, evolving, and persistent / Norbert Wildermuth -- Afterword, why digital inclusion now? / Gerard Goggin

In the contemporary picture there is conjoint consensus amongst all the policy makers from across the sphere that devoid of ICT and digital inclusion; the growth of an individual is stalled. Specially in developing economy like India, where poverty eradication and employment generation are foremost objectives; digital inclusion is a must. Considering factors like lack of infrastructure, primary education and availability affordable technologies and others, the strategic intervention and collaborative efforts by government and non-government organizations is indispensable. Present study provides an analysis of secondary data in order to investigate the current status of digital inclusion and digital divide of Indian population. Further it also illustrates the strategies to eradicate the digital divide and cites example from successful digital inclusion campaigns from other parts of world.

LEFIS organized a meeting in July 2007 in Jaca (Spain) to discuss the status and the perspectives of e-Government especially applied to the legal aspects of society. As it is known the potential benefits of e-Government are numerous and they include greater efficiency, improved public services, enhanced engagement with citizens. Yet progress has been relatively slow, particularly when compared with other sectors such as e-Commerce. From the presentations of some experiences focused in particular on digital divide, e-Participation, form of government, role of citizens, planning methodology in proposing solutions for citizens, the book highlights some problems and solutions to help overcome barriers.

Chapter 1:Introduction -- Chapter 2: Dirt Tracks off the Superhighway: How COVID widened the digital gap for remote First Nations communities in Australia -- Chapter 3: Policy interventions to address digital inequalities in Latin America in the face of the pandemic -- Chapter 4: Connecting Scotland: Delivering Digital Inclusion at Scale -- Chapter 5: Digital inclusion and learning at home: Challenges for low-income Australian families -- Chapter 6: How to make affordability-focused digital inclusion interventions more effective: Lessons from the Connected Students Program -- Chapter 7: Digital inclusion through distribution of iPads during the Covid19 pandemic? A participatory action research in a German secondary school -- Chapter 8:Infocomics vs Infodemics: How comics utilise health, data and media literacies -- Chapter 9: On creating creativity for future-proofing digital engagement, an evidence-based approach -- Chapter 10: Through Media and Digital Literacy Education towards Civic Participation of Disadvantaged Youth -- Chapter 11: Evaluating 'Meaningful Connectivity': Digital Literacy and Women in West Bengal, India -- Chapter 12: Developing and delivering and data literacy.

There is a large body of research that has examined digital inequities, inequalities, and divides—i.e., those countries, communities, and individuals digitally left behind or disadvantaged. Whereas we know quite a lot about what is lacking and for whom, there is less focus on what works to alleviate these inequalities and divides in a variety of cultural contexts. This thematic issue brings together scholarship on digital inclusion initiatives and research from over 20 countries and in the context of numerous aspects, including different types of initiatives as well as different types of target audiences for these initiatives. Each article provides unique insights into what does and does not work in various communities, making recommendations on what could be done to improve the examined initiatives. We hope that the breadth and depth of articles presented here will be useful not just for academic audiences seeking to broaden their understanding of digital inclusion and 'what can be done' rather than focusing on 'what is amiss,' but also for policymakers and digital inclusion initiatives who are eager to expand and advance their digital inclusion work within their communities.

This article aims at discussing e-government website usability in relation to concerns about digital inclusion. E-government web design should consider all aspects of usability, including those that make it more accessible to all. Traditional concerns of social exclusion are being superseded by fears that lack of digital competence and information literacy may result in dangerous digital exclusion. Usability is considered as a way to address this exclusion and should therefore incorporate inclusion and accessibility guidelines. This article makes an explicit link between usability guidelines and digital inclusion and reports on a survey of local government web presence in Portugal.

This research brings together digital inequality scholars from across the Americas and Caribbean to examine efforts to tackle digital inequality in Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, the United States, and Canada. As the case studies show, governmental policy has an important role to play in reducing digital disparities, particularly for potential users in rural or remote areas, as well as populations with great economic disparities. We find that public policy can effectively reduce access gaps when it combines the trifecta of network, device, and skill provision, especially through educational institutions. We also note, that urban populations have benefitted from digital inclusion strategies to a greater degree. This underscores that, no matter the national context, rural-urban digital inequality (and often associated economic inequality) is resistant to change. Even when access is provided, potential users may not find it affordable, lack skills, and/or see no benefit in adoption. We see the greatest potential for future digital inclusion in two related approaches: 1) initiatives that connect with hard-to-reach, remote, and rural communities outside urban cores and 2) initiatives that learn from communities about how best to provide digital resources while respecting their diversely situated contexts, while meeting social, economic and political needs.

This research brings together digital inequality scholars from across the Americas and Caribbean to examine efforts to tackle digital inequality in Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, the United States, and Canada. As the case studies show, governmental policy has an important role to play in reducing digital disparities, particularly for potential users in rural or remote areas, as well as populations with great economic disparities. We find that public policy can effectively reduce access gaps when it combines the trifecta of network, device, and skill provision, especially through educational institutions. We also note, that urban populations have benefitted from digital inclusion strategies to a greater degree. This underscores that, no matter the national context, rural-urban digital inequality (and often associated economic inequality) is resistant to change. Even when access is provided, potential users may not find it affordable, lack skills, and/or see no benefit in adoption. We see the greatest potential for future digital inclusion in two related approaches: 1) initiatives that connect with hard-to-reach, remote, and rural communities outside urban cores and 2) initiatives that learn from communities about how best to provide digital resources while respecting their diversely situated contexts, while meeting social, economic and political needs.

This book examines opportunities and obstacles in achieving the digital inclusion of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It addresses basic requirements of the digital society and the concepts of digital inclusion (and exclusion), digital participation, and the disability digital divide as well as support for individuals with autism in co-creating digital devices. The book discusses the application of digital technologies across different contexts, including education, leisure activities, community life, daily living skills, and employment of individuals with autism. Featured areas of coverage include: Computer-based interventions for speech development, social communication, executive functions, and other skills in children with autism.Digital health intervention for persons with ASD.Risks for persons with ASD on the Internet (e.g., excessive use, addictive behavior, and cyberbullying).Digital technology use in simulating job interviews, and teaching work skills.Digital technology use in self-advocacy activities of individuals with autism. Digital Inclusion of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder is an essential reference for researchers, professors, graduate students, clinicians and related therapists and professionals in clinical child and school psychology, social work, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, pediatrics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, neurology, special education, child and adolescent psychiatry, and developmental psychology

As more of our everyday lives become digital, it has become crucial to include everyone in the digital society. This special issue is examining the different layers of digital inclusion and data literacy by drawing on research, policy, and practice developments around literacies in various regions and contexts. It highlights the politics around them so as to propose policies that are needed to include more people in datafied societies, and what types of literacies they should learn. This issue includes three commentaries by experts in the field and five peer-reviewed academic papers that go towards tackling digital inclusion. This means to find solutions to the fact that many people are left behind technological advancements, and that these create what is commonly called - the digital divide.

PART I. Theoretical and empirical insights into vulnerable people's digital inclusion -- 1. Resilience and Digital Inclusion: The Digital Re-making of Vulnerability? -- 2. Digital Inequality Research for Digital Publics: A Call for Digital Public and Policy Social Science -- 3. Multidimensional Digital Exclusion and its Relation to Social Exclusion -- PART II. Ethnic minorities' digital inclusion -- 4. Understanding the Role of Social Media on the Road to Social Inclusion: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Belgium -- 5. Stories of migration: Exploring the Links Between Emotions and Technologies in the Narratives of Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil -- 6. Digital Citizenship for Older Migrants in Australia: The Need for a Comprehensive Policy Framework -- 7. Critical Commentary: Migrant Populations and Intersectional Discrimination: A Technological World's Blind Spot -- Part III. Ageing and digital inclusion -- 8. Digital Exclusion in Later Life: A Narrative Review -- 9. Digital Media Use and Social Inclusion: A Case Study of East York Older Adults -- 10. Enhancing Older Adults' Digital Inclusion Through Social Support: A Qualitative Interview Study -- 11. Critical Commentary: Understanding Digital Inclusion of Older People Through a Human Rights Lens -- PART IV. Digital inclusion of people with disabilities. 12. New Cities, Old Prosthesis - Smart Cities, Smart Phones and Disability -- 13. Disability as Smart Equality: Inclusive Technology in a Digitally Advanced Nation -- 14. Digital Inclusion and Social Networks Among Adults with Disabilities in South Korea -- 15. Differently Included: A Decolonial Perspective on Disability and Digital Media in South Africa -- 16. Critical Commentary: Disability, Technology and Intersectionality: Towards the Transformation of Digital and Physical Worlds -- 17. Editor's Conclusion: Intersectionality and Other Lessons.

The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated attention to the public consequences of digital exclusion and to local, state, and federal emergency digital inclusion efforts. In this case study, we examine private sector, municipal government, and nonprofit efforts to close the divide during the pandemic in Philadelphia, which has one of the worst urban connectivity rates in the United States. Drawing on news accounts, policy documents, and interviews with city staff, we assess Philadelphia's digital inclusion efforts during the pandemic. Our findings show that inclusion efforts faced challenging logistics, limited data on the unconnected, funding concerns, and sometimes pushback from Internet service providers (ISPs). The latter were by necessity crucial partners in connectivity efforts but failed to address basic digital access gaps without significant public and governmental pressure, signaling the need for public alternatives. Our analysis foregrounds the disconnect among well-resourced ISPs, connectivity gaps marked by digital redlining in the poorest communities, and political constraints on robust public broadband policy.