The Digital Disconnect - Ellen Helsper

The Digital Disconnect

The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities

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Buch | Softcover
248 Seiten
2021
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-5264-6340-1 (ISBN)
46,10 inkl. MwSt
With the increased digitisation of society comes an increased concern about who is left behind. 



From societal causes to the impact of everyday actions, The Digital Disconnect explores the relationship between digital and social inequalities, and the lived consequences of digitisation. 



Ellen Helsper goes beyond questions of digital divides and who is connected. She asks why and how social and digital inequalities are linked and shows the tangible outcomes of socio-digital inequalities in everyday lives. The book:




Introduces the key theories and concepts needed to understand both ‘traditional’ and digital inequalities research.
Investigates a range of socio-digital inequalities, from digital access and skills, to civic participation, social engagement, and everyday content creation and consumption.
Brings research to life with a range of qualitative vignettes, drawing out the personal experiences that lay at the heart of global socio-digital inequalities.


The Digital Disconnect is an expert exploration of contemporary theory, research and practice in socio-digital inequalities. 



It is also an urgent and impassioned call to broaden horizons, expand theoretical and methodological toolkits, and work collectively to help achieve a fairer digital future for all. 


Ellen J. Helsper is Professor of Digital Inequalities at the Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ellen Helsper is Professor of Socio-Digital Inequalities in the Media and Communications Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research interests include the links between social and digital inequalities; vulnerability and discrimination in digital spaces; digital literacy; mediated communication and interpersonal relationships; and methodological innovation in quantitative and qualitative media and communications research. Her work is truly global in nature through her involvement in the From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes; Connected Communities and Inclusive Growth; YSkills; Global Kids Online and World Internet research projects. She consults widely for governments, the third and commercial sector on issues to do with client and citizen (dis)engagement in increasingly digital societies. Organisations that she has worked with include the BBC, European Commission, ITU, OECD, and UNESCO. Ellen holds and has held Visiting Scholar positions at prestigious universities and research institutes in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the US. She has a PhD in Media and Communications from the LSE and an MSc degree in Media Psychology from Utrecht University and worked in commercial market and audience research in Europe, Latin America and the US.

Introduction
Part I: The Past: Social and Digital Inequalities Theories
Chapter 1 Social World: From Poverty to Inequality
Chapter 2 Digital World: From Divides to Socio-Digital Inequalities
Part II: The Present: Lessons Learned about Causes and Consequences of Socio-Digital Inequalities
Chapter 3 Economic inequalities in digital societies
Chapter 4 Skills and Learning Inequalities in Digital Societies
Chapter 5 Inequalities in power and participation in digital societies
Part III: The Future: New Frontiers of Socio-Digital Inequalities
Chapter 6 Inequalities in Loneliness and Connection in Digital Societies
Chapter 7 Inequalities in Content Creation and Consumption in Digital Societies
Conclusions: Rethinking Socio-Digital Inequalities

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 390 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-5264-6340-7 / 1526463407
ISBN-13 978-1-5264-6340-1 / 9781526463401
Zustand Neuware
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