My colleague, Dr. Bianca Reisdorf (UNC Charlotte) and I have a chapter that was just published in an edited volume, titled “Digital Inclusion: An International Comparative Analysis” (Rowman & Littlefield) by Massimo Ragnedda (Northumbria University) and Bruce Mutsvairo (University of Technology Sydney). The title of our chapter is “An Asset-Based Approach to Digital Inclusion Research in the US Context” and features some of the research findings included in my report, titled “Digital Inclusion and Meaningful Broadband Adoption Initiatives” published by the Benton Foundation in 2016.
Here is the description of the book from the publisher’s website:
“The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises of chapters written by respected scholars from a variety of countries, and brings together new scholarship addressing what the process of digital inclusion means for individuals and places in the countries analyzed. Each country has its own strategy to guarantee that people can access and enjoy the benefits of the information society. While this book does not presume to map all the countries in the world, it does shed light into these strategies, underlining what each country is doing in order to reduce digital inequalities and to guarantee that socially disadvantaged people (in terms of disabilities, availability of resources, age, geographic location, lack of education, or ethnicity) are digitally included.”
