Social exclusion and the digital divide

López Aguado, Mercedes, Gutiérrez Provecho, Lourdes, Quintanal Díaz, José y García Llamas, José Luis . (2022) Social exclusion and the digital divide. Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 18(3), 74-82.

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Título Social exclusion and the digital divide
Autor(es) López Aguado, Mercedes
Gutiérrez Provecho, Lourdes
Quintanal Díaz, José
García Llamas, José Luis
Materia(s) Educación
Abstract The recent advances in information and communication technology have given rise to radical changes in how we interact and communicate in our social, educational, and working environments. However, the potential and opportunities offered by these technologies are not fully available across society due to huge differences in their use and uptake, that is, what has traditionally been called the digital divide. Current research indicates that this divide is intimately connected to economic inequalities and social exclusion. The digital divide manifests primarily for those groups where economic resources are scarcest, and among such groups we find the lowest rates of device ownership and personal internet connection. Secondary to this, and the focus of the majority of literature on the subject, the digital divide further aggravates existing socioeconomic differences and even generates new forms of social exclusion. Taking a positive point of view, this situation does also imply that eliminating the digital divide could help alleviate social exclusion. Nevertheless, for social and educational intervention programmes to have any real effect on social exclusion, we need to have a more indepth understanding of processes and variables that cause it at an individual level. In this way we could design interventions tailored to the personal interests, needs, limitations, and potential of every individual and that would prioritise particularly disadvantaged groups, which, according to this study include older people, the less well educated, those with health problems, and the unemployed.
Palabras clave Digital Divide
Social Exclusion
Digital Citizenship
Intervention
Social Justice
Editor(es) Italian e-Learning Association
Fecha 2022
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DOI - identifier https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/1135660
ISSN - identifier 1826-6223 - eISSN 1971-8829
Nombre de la revista Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society
Número de Volumen 18
Número de Issue 3
Página inicial 74
Página final 82
Publicado en la Revista Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 18(3), 74-82.
Idioma eng
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Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, is available online at the publisher's website: https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/1135660
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