Vulnerable People and Digital Inclusion

"This is a well-edited, a well-edited, coherent and rich collection of research essays about vulnerability and resilience of people trying to reach social and digital inclusion in six continents of the world."

• Jan van Dijk, Emeritus professor of Communication Science at the University of Twente and author of The Network Society, 4th Ed. (2020) and The Digital Divide (2020)

Vulnerable People and Digital Inclusion is impressive in both its systematic analysis of technological and social inequalities, as well as its wide-ranging perspectives and global populations of interest.

• Dr. Meryl Alper, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Northeastern University

This edited collection explores the role of digital inclusion in the welfare and social inclusion of vulnerable people. With interdisciplinary contributors from six continents, working in diverse fields such as digital media studies, social computing, community informatics and cultural studies, the collection brings together theoretical and applied research evidence on three vulnerable population categories: ethnic minorities, older people and people with disabilities. Each section is accompanied by a critical commentary on the research insights presented, from third sector community and policy experts.

The collection explores whether vulnerable populations face similar experiences and challenges in relation to their digital inclusion status, stressing the central presence of intersectionality, and arguing for the inclusion of the age, ethnicity/immigration status and disability aspects of one's identity. At the same time, it argues for multi-directional action that tackles intersectional discrimination in the digital realm on behalf of more than one single population category or group. Challenging popular discourse on the overcoming of digital inequalities in the West, this essential book contends that accounts of non-western contexts do not focus on the parameter of vulnerability or on particular population groups.

PanayiotaTsatsou is Associate Professor at the University of Leicester. Her research interests lie in the areas of digital inclusion and Internet studies. Panayiota has published widely on the role of vulnerable and ordinary people as digital media actors.

Chapter 'Enhancing Older Adults' Digital Inclusion Through Social Support: A Qualitative Interview Study." is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Autorentext

PanayiotaTsatsou is Associate Professor at the University of Leicester. Her research interests lie in the areas of digital inclusion and Internet studies. Panayiota has published widely on the role of vulnerable and ordinary people as digital media actors.

Klappentext

This edited collection explores the role of digital inclusion in the welfare and social inclusion of vulnerable people. With interdisciplinary contributors from six continents, working in diverse fields such as digital media studies, social computing, community informatics and cultural studies, the collection brings together theoretical and applied research evidence on three vulnerable population categories: ethnic minorities, older people and people with disabilities. Each section is accompanied by a critical commentary on the research insights presented, from third sector community and policy experts. The collection explores whether vulnerable populations face similar experiences and challenges in relation to their digital inclusion status, stressing the central presence of intersectionality, and arguing for the inclusion of the age, ethnicity/immigration status and disability aspects of one's identity. At the same time, it argues for multi-directional action that tackles intersectional discrimination in the digital realm on behalf of more than one single population category or group. Challenging popular discourse on the overcoming of digital inequalities in the West, this essential book contends that accounts of non-western contexts do not focus on the parameter of vulnerability or on particular population groups.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 - Editors' Introduction Part 1: Vulnerable People's Digital Inclusion - Conceptual and Empirical Accounts Chapter 2 - Digital resilience: research critique and policy implications (Koen Leurs, Assistant Professor at Utrecht)Chapter 3 - A Overview of Digital Inequalities and Digital Engagements (Laura Robinson, Associate Professor at Santa Clara)Chapter 4 - Multidimensional Digital Exclusion and demand-driven intervention models (Sora Park, Professor at Canberra)Chapter 5 - Perspectives from Community and Policy Experts (TBC) Part 2: Ethnic Minorities' Digital Inclusion Chapter 6 - Digital Inclusion: Young refugees and transnational dimensions of social work (Lisa-Marie Kreß, Researcher at Stuttgart; Nadia Kutscher, Lecturer at Cologne; Marie Peters)Chapter 7 - Social media use and social inclusion among Syrian newcomers in Belgium (Leen d'Haenens, Professor at KU Leuven; Roya Imani Giglou, Graduate Student at KU Leuven; Willem Joris, Researcher at KU Leuven)Chapter 8 - Stories of migration: Examining the digitally mediated emotional experiences of Venezuelan refugees in Brazil (Amanda Alencar, Assistant Prof at Erasmus; Julia Faria Carmago, PhD student at the Universidad de Brasilia)Chapter 9 - The importance of digital citizenship for older migrants in Australians and the need for systemic policy (Loretta Baldassar,Professor at University of Western Australia; Raelene Wilding, Associate Professor at LaTrobe; Lukasz Kryzyzowski, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Western Australia; Joanne Mihelcic, Research Fellow at Monash)Chapter 10 - Perspectives from Community and Policy Experts Part 3: Older People's Digital Inclusion Chapter 11 - Digital Inclusion in Later Life in the United Kingdom (Katie Brittain, Professor at Northumbria; Gemma Wilson, Lecturer at UCLAN)Chapter 12 - Digital Media Use and Social Inclusion: A Case Study of East York Older Adults in Canada (Anabel Quan-Haase, Professor at Western Ontario; Molly-Gloria Harper, Graduate Student at Western Ontario; Barry Wellman, Professor at Toronto)Chapter 13 - Managing Social Support for Digital Inclusion Among Older Adults in Finland (Sakari Taipale, Associate Professor at Jyväskylä)Chapter 14 - Perspectives from Community and Policy Experts Part 4: Digital Inclusion of People with DisabilitiesChapter 15 - The Enabling Effect of the Internet Among People with Disabilities (Mariusz Duplaga, Associate Professor at Jagiellonian, Krakow)Chapter 16 - Perceived and Lived Experiences of Digital Inclusion in the Context of Persons Living with Spinal Cord Injury (Jolita Viluckiene, Associate Professor at Klaipeda University) Chapter 17 - New Cities, Old Prosthesis: Smart Cities, Smart Phones and Disability (Katie Ellis)Chapter 18 - Perspectives from Community and Policy ExpertsChapter 19 - Editors' Conclusions and Recommendations