scholarly journals ICT Use and Digital Inclusion among Roma/Gitano Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maialen Garmendia ◽  
Inaki Karrera
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Digital Exclusion ◽  
Post Industrial

This article analyses the way in which the digital divide affects Roma/Gitano minors. This ethnic group is a paradigmatic case among socially underprivileged groups in Spain; excluded from industrial society, they appear to be facing a similar situation in the post-industrial era. We, therefore, sought to explore the digital experiences of minors from this group in order to study social and digital exclusion/inclusion among them. The research strategy took a comprehensive approach, covering both offline and online behaviour. We focused on the results of fieldwork undertaken in Spain during 2017. In all, interviews were conducted with 17 adolescents (aged 11 to 18) as well as with several social workers who were providing support to the minors. Given that the use of technology has become a prerequisite for the welfare of children and for the development of their rights, the issue tends to centre on three main areas, commonly known as the three Ps: provision, participation, and protection. As such, the analysis of inequality was based on these areas. The findings presented in this article illustrate that the use of ICTs can contribute to empowering Roma/Gitano adolescents to improve the position they occupy as a group in the social structure.

scholarly journals Software livre e projetos sociais - opções utilizadas como instrumento democratizador na sociedade da informação

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Márcia Gorett Ribeiro Grossi ◽  
Marlene De Oliveira ◽  
Welber Amaro Santos de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Exclusion ◽  
Post Industrial

O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar algumas contribuições de programas sociais e educacionais de inclusão social e digital no Brasil e refletir sobre o software livre e sua contribuição no acesso ao conhecimento e à informação, Apresenta-se dados importantes sobre as desigualdades econômicas e consequentemente tecnologias existentes entre os paises no Sistema Mundial. Para isso apresenta-se como fruto o estudo realizado das iniciativas do Estado brasileiro para diminuir as desigualdades do acesso às tecnologias e, assim promover a inclusão digital. Mostra-se dados e informações importantes sobre contextualizar a disponibilização do conhecimento na sociedade da informação, mostrando como essa disseminação pode ser mais democrática utilizando as tecnologias de informação e os softwares livres, uma vez que o avanço científico, tecnológico e dos meios de comunicação proporcionam maior acesso às tecnologias da informação e de comunicações e posicionam-se cada vez melhor na sociedade pós-industrial. Traz também algumas iniciativas de programas de inclusão digital no Brasil, que tem como meta a redução da exclusão digital. AbstractThis article aims to present some contributions of social and educational programs for social and digital inclusion in Brazil and to think about free software and its contribution to access knowledge and information. It presents important data about economic inequalities, including existing technologies among the World System countries. For this, reports as the results the study of the Brazilian states initiatives to reduce inequalities of access to technology in order to promote digital inclusion. It brings important information about the contextualization of knowledge availability in the information society, showing how its dissemination can be more democratic, using the information technologies and free softwares. It is feasible, since the advance of science, technology and media provide greater access to information and communication technologies and stand up more and more in the post-industrial society. Also, presents some initiatives of digital inclusion programs in Brazil, that aims to reduce digital exclusion.

Modern Media Communications in the Mechanism of Constructing Life Worlds

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
Rashid Muhaev ◽  
Yuliya Laamarti
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
Post Industrial

The information and communication revolution of the late XX — early XXI century not only radically changed the modern world, but also formed a new social reality — a post-industrial society. The current stage of post-industrial development is associated with the formation of the information society, a distinctive feature of which is that in it information, the process of its production and methods of transmission, becomes more important than the thing itself. Information is a decisive factor in the social order, which has changed the ways and technologies of organizing social space and the nature of everyday practices, the life worlds of ordinary people, and the media become the main tool for the production of semantic systems.

scholarly journals Sociedade da informação e inclusão digital: uma análise crítica | Information society and digital inclusion: a critical analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Augusto Mansor de Mattos ◽  
Bruna Daniela Dias Rocchetti Santos
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

Resumo O presente texto faz uma leitura crítica da dinâmica da inclusão e da exclusão digital no contexto brasileiro e de suas implicações socioeconômicas, bem como demonstra algumas das falhas de interpretação calcadas em certo determinismo tecnológico e de uma visão exacerbadamente otimista acerca do papel das chamadas novas Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação (TICs) no Capitalismo Contemporâneo. Além disso, pretende-se abordar a relação entre a exclusão social, a exclusão digital e o fenômeno da globalização, além de apontar a relevância dos fatores qualitativo e cognitivo no que se refere às políticas públicas de inclusão digital.  Palavras-chave capitalismo contemporâneo; sociedade da informação; inclusão digital; exclusão digital; globalização Abstract This paper aims to analyze the dynamics of the digital divide in the Brazilian context and its socio-economic implications, as well to as it demonstrates some of the imperfections of some studies backed up by a kind of technological determinism and of an extremely optimistic view about the Information Technologies. Moreover, it intends to interpret the relation between the social exclusion, the digital divide and the phenomenon of the economic globalization, beyond highlighting the relevance of the qualitative and cognitive factors related to the public policies of digital inclusion. Keywords contemporary capitalism; information society; digital inclusion; digital divide;  globalization

scholarly journals Digital exclusion or learning exclusion? An ethnographic study of adult male distance learners in English prisons

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Pike ◽  
Anne Adams
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Prisoner Reintegration ◽  
Digital Exclusion

Previous research has highlighted the value of technology to enhance learning. However, digital inclusion research has argued that many issues such as skills, access, usability and choice impact on the effectiveness of technology to enhance learning. The findings in this paper add to the debate by highlighting the importance of value and context. In particular, the value that institutions and individuals place on the role of further and higher distance learning in a prison can affect technology-enhanced learning in that context. This research identified that despite good IT skills and improved technologies, prison learners’ access and use of technology is hampered by conflicting priorities amongst the multiple organisations controlling prisoner activities. This can lead to a prison in which menial work is valued far higher than learning. Technology-enhanced distance learning, perceived by many to be a lifeline in a desolate environment, is heavily restricted in such prisons. The situation is thought to be deteriorating as the number of organisations involved increases and the Government’s plans for ‘‘working’’ prisons gather pace.Keywords: social inclusion; digital inclusion; distance learning; higher education; prisoner reintegration(Published: 19 December 2012)Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2012, 20: 18620 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18620

scholarly journals Interpretation of M. Weber’s theory of ideal types in application to empirical sociological research

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-253
Author(s):  
Aminet M. Siiukhova ◽  
◽  
Ella M. Kueva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Model ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Ideal

The article analyzes the problems of interpretation of Max Weber’s theory of «ideal types» in empirical sociological studies. The theory of «ideal types» is effective for studying the systemic qualities of universal socio-cultural institutions, local social groups and individuals. The concept of «ideal» is differentiated in everyday consciousness and in scientific and sociological discourses. In sociology, the «ideal» is understood as referring to the sphere of consciousness, regardless of the positive or negative assessment of a social phenomenon. The examples of possible applications of Weber’s theory for the analysis of modern social spheres of health care and education are shown. In the conditions of industrial and post-industrial society, one of the important statuses in the social structure is the profession, and the typifying factor of the professional community is the professional culture. The scientific operation of the ideal type category within the framework of an empirical sociological study of the professional community/personal cultural level of an individual will be most effectively implemented by means the modeling method, when the essential qualities of the object under study are structured in a graphical model.

Technology, the 21st Century Workforce, and the Construct of Social Justice

2013 ◽  
pp. 56-75
Author(s):  
Marianne Robin Russo ◽  
Valerie C. Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Class Hegemony

Although there is current research describing ICT use in the 21st century as it relates to workforce needs, there are factors to examine regarding the adult learner that can help offset barriers to ICT involvement. And, factors that may determine success in the cyber community could be due to age, gender, ethnic, and racial disparities regarding ICT use and its ultimate impact on occupational deprivation. Technology is advancing at a geometric pace, and the adult learner must traverse this digital divide. Understanding this overlap, the nature and frequency of technology use by the adult learner will help more effectively: a) blur the lines of social constructs in an attempt to mitigate class hegemony; b) mitigate future occupational problems when employment and economic needs depend on ICT knowledge; c) understand and avoid barriers that create digital disparity so group membership in the cyber community is fostered and maintained; and, d) gain more of a political voice. The focus of this chapter is to assess how traditionally disadvantaged groups currently navigate technology, and the changes that must take place to lessen this digital divide. If barriers to ICT can be determined, this will have subsequent implications on the workforce potential within these disenfranchised groups. This chapter proposes a larger implication, one of a link between ICT use and social justice for specific groups. It is imperative that these groups widen their horizons with the use of technology, not just to improve economic status, but to understand that technology and government structures are inextricably tied, having an ultimate effect on democracy.

The Class Situation of Information Specialists: A Case Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
Clare Lewin ◽  
Myron Orleans
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Society ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Individual Mobility ◽  
Managerial Authority ◽  
The Social ◽  
Meaning Systems ◽  
Social Domination ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Social Conduct ◽  
Post Industrial

This paper examined the paradoxical class situation of information specialists in the post-industrial society as both professionals and employees. We described and analyzed the ‘technocratic’ authority wielded by them and their mode of consciousness. We assessed whether these workers functioned as the vanguard of a new style of democratized work or buttressed the position of managerial authority. We used qualitative methods to study the social conduct and meaning systems of fourteen computer specialists, including programmers, analysts, and project leaders employed in a large insurance company. The data was analyzed using a critical phenomenological perspective derived from the work of authors such as Berger, Braverman, Burawoy, Foucault, and Marcuse. We found that the subjects experienced a class situation that was somewhat more empowered than the industrial or corporate models, but did not differ substantially from that of the production workers in industrial society. Their power, prestige, privilege and status essentially camouflaged the subjects’ compliance to hierarchical authority. The subjects exhibited awareness of their power but essentially directed their energies toward task attainment and individual mobility. Lacking an orientation toward structure change, the information specialists did not appear to fit the notion of a vanguard group. From this research we foresee some possibilities of changes within organizational authority as information specialists confront management with their expertise, but we anticipate that the institutions of social domination will prevail.

Bring your own device or organisation provided device classroom: problematising the issue of the digital divide in teaching and learning contexts in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Lucyna Kopciewicz ◽  
Hussein Bougsiaa
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Bring Your Own Device ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Video Ethnography ◽  
Case Research ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
One Year

This comparative study contributes to new knowledge on how digital inclusion can be supported in two differently designed school settings through the meaningful use of technology to enhance the students’ learning and their overall skills development. This study is a comparative, empirically grounded case research conducted over a one year period in two primary schools in Poland. Our research involved a number of methods, including video-ethnography and interviews, which were used to gather qualitative data from headteachers, teachers, students and parents. The results problematise the issues of the digital divide in teaching and learning practices in both formal and informal contexts. We have checked in what way both OPD and BYOD influence the existing divides in the area of learning processes.

scholarly journals Before and After the Reform: Fixed Line Internet Penetration in Mexican Households

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
María Catalina Ovando Chico ◽  
Emmanuel Olivera Pérez ◽  
Juan Carlos Bocarando Lara
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Internet Penetration ◽  
Digital Exclusion ◽  
Fixed Line

Purpose – Despite being the second largest mobile market in Latin America regarding subscribers, Mexico’s penetration levels remain lower than the regional averages. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether the Mexican 2013 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Reform helped mitigate or exacerbate the digital divide. In particular, we evaluate if the Reform had an impact on fixed-line internet penetration in Mexico. Methodology/approach/design – For the assessment, the 2010 Census and 2015 Intercensal Survey data used to create impact indexes through Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) estimations. Findings – Through a quintile analysis were confronted by results, with the intention of showing the average of internet penetration in each income group. The data obtained suggest that internet penetration had positive variations in all the quintiles indicating that recent regulatory changes in telecommunications matter had helped to reduce the digital divide. Practical implications – The poor and vulnerable groups remain at the digital exclusion; these groups need more digital inclusion actions.

scholarly journals Musical culture of the post-industrial society: on the problem of analyzing basic definitions

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Ekaterina B. Kostiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Industrial Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Post Industrial

The article deals with the problem of definitions and boundaries of concepts widely used in modern postindustrial culture, scientific and public discourse: «mass», «popular», «academic», «classical», «elite» music. Mass music has several features that are largely determined by the specifics of the socio-cultural and technical development of society in the post-industrial era. However, the loosely applied term «popular» in relation to this direction of music is inaccurate, since not only the works of mass music become well-known, but also classical, academic. In the conditions of post-industrial culture, works of not only mass, but also academic, elite music are used as entertainment, and as a commodity of «organized consumer culture», receiving, among other things, the status of «popular», which is not identical in essence to the concept of «pop music», which is one of the directions of mass music as a cultural phenomenon of the XX century. The consideration of the essential aspects of the musical directions of mass and elite music leads to the conclusion about the social conditionality of the vector of development and their demand in the conditions of modern culture.

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