Actions of social and labour inclusion with ICT: an assessment of the Velez-Malaga urban area

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Jose Garcia Aguilera ◽  
Pablo Franco Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Digital Competency ◽  
Determining Factor

In the framework of knowledge society, information and communication technologies, the digital divide is still a determining factor for social inclusion and access to employment processes. In the interest of an inclusive and equitable development of digital competencies, governments and public policies should propose and enhance development programmes and initiatives for different groups of disadvantaged people, as well as the possibility of adult professional reorientation for those who run the risk of not having appropriate qualifications for their jobs. Consequently, it is necessary to ascertain the real situation of different urban areas in order to diagnose existing deficits in digital matters and develop integrated strategies to facilitate the inclusion and improvement of access to employment. The present study describes this reality in the municipal context of Velez-Malaga (Spain) and analyses the effectiveness of the measures put in place to improve the social and labour inclusion of its citizens. Keywords: Inclusion, ICT, employment, digital competency, citizens.

Communicating in the Information Society

2008 ◽  
pp. 26-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cantoni ◽  
Stefano Tardini
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

The present chapter provides a conceptual framework for the newest digital communication tools and for the practices they encourage, stressing the communication opportunities they offer and the limitations they impose. In this chapter, Internetbased communication technologies are regarded as the most recent step in the development of communication technologies. This approach helps have a broad perspective on the changes information and communication technologies (ICT) are bringing along in the social practices of so called knowledge society. As a matter of fact, these changes need to be considered within an “ecological” approach, that is, an approach that provides a very wide overview on the whole context (both in synchronic terms and in diachronic ones) where ICT are spreading. In the second part of the chapter, the authors present two examples of relevant social practices that are challenged by the most recent ICT, namely journalism (news market) and Internet search engines.

Communicating in the Information Society

2009 ◽  
pp. 176-190
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cantoni ◽  
Stefano Tardini
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

The present chapter provides a conceptual framework for the newest digital communication tools and for the practices they encourage, stressing the communication opportunities they offer and the limitations they impose. In this chapter, Internetbased communication technologies are regarded as the most recent step in the development of communication technologies. This approach helps have a broad perspective on the changes information and communication technologies (ICT) are bringing along in the social practices of so called knowledge society. As a matter of fact, these changes need to be considered within an “ecological” approach, that is, an approach that provides a very wide overview on the whole context (both in synchronic terms and in diachronic ones) where ICT are spreading. In the second part of the chapter, the authors present two examples of relevant social practices that are challenged by the most recent ICT, namely journalism (news market) and Internet search engines.

scholarly journals O LUGAR DAS MULHERES: GÊNERO E INCLUSÃO DIGITAL

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-85
Author(s):  
Ariane Durce Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historia De Vida

ResumoO artigo faz um panorama das conquistas femininas, buscando identificar as diferenças de gênero no uso e apropriação das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) como ferramenta de aumento da cidadania das mulheres na busca da igualdade entre os gêneros. A partir de pesquisas bibliográficas e documentais, verifica-se: o confronto inclusão versus exclusão social, com base no acesso às tecnologias digitais no contexto da sociedade do conhecimento; a história de vida e de lutas das mulheres brasileiras permite que as jovens de hoje se deparem com um ambiente mais igualitário em relação às oportunidades abertas pelo acesso à rede mundial de computadores. A PLACE FOR WOMEN: GENDER AND DIGITAL INCLUSION  AbstractIn this article, we trace a general overview of women's achievements, trying to identify differences in gender in the use and appropriation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a tool to increase women's citizenship in their search for gender equality. Regarding bibliographical and documental research, it is possible to observe: the conflict social inclusion versus social exclusion, based on access to digital technologies, in the context of the knowledge society; the history of Brazilian women's lives and struggle which allows young women today to encounter a more egalitarian environment in relation to the opportunities that are open through access to a global network of computers.

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Brusell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

scholarly journals VIRTUAL NETWORK AS THE TECHNOLOGICAL LAYER OF THE PUBLIC SPACE AND ITS EFFECTS ON URBAN SPACES

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-194
Author(s):  
Merve KAYA ◽  
Özlem KANDEMİR
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Network ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Virtual Networks ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Physical Spaces

The physical and representational contents of the public space are in a dynamic evolving state with the changes in the social structure and urban structure. In the historical process, the phenomenon of public space has been affected by the developments experienced with the change in the way individuals establish relationships in public life. Today, this transformation has occurred through virtual networks with the development of information and communication technologies. The paper aims to understand the public sphere dynamics that have changed with information and communication technologies. Accordingly, it limits its scope on these questions: How virtual networks affect the representational form of public space? What are the spatial structuring of this new representational public realm? What effect does this transformation have on urban areas that are the physical spaces of public realm? The method of the study is to explain theoretical discussions by supporting examples. In this context, it has been found that virtual networks, known as a new form of public space, transform the representative and physical form of the public space in a multifaceted manner by relocating the way individuals communicate with each other on a virtual layer. In this virtual transformation, it has been seen that the representative public space is now formed on social networks and platforms and the spatial structuring of these areas is defined as virtual network. The effect of virtual networks on the physical spaces of the public realm is possible by clustering data about urban areas in these virtual environments. Therefore, the visibility of virtual networks on the physical spaces of the publicity takes place through the understanding of space usage; moreover, virtual network data, which hybridizes with contemporary urban areas, reveals new qualities in the sense of the city by embodying it through maps. The physical transformation of the public space with information and communication technologies is made possible by the use of virtual network data in the design processes of this new sensory city.

Information and Communication Technologies in Turkish Agriculture

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Kamil Okyay Sindir
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Information And Communication

In recent years, the Turkish agricultural sector has had serious problems, such as lower yields, higher input prices, higher production costs and loss of competitiveness in foreign markets, all leading to reductions in both crop and animal production. At the same time, measures such as curtailment of state financial support to farmers and farming businesses, coupled with the increasing costs of production inputs including seeds, fertilizers, sprays, machinery and decreasing crop prices have negatively affected the sector and primarily the farmers. But, besides taking measures affecting structural change, it is also necessary to establish ways of ensuring accurate information exchange between farmers, agri-food industries and institutions for research and development if productivity and improvements in the competitive power of Turkish farmers within foreign and domestic markets are to be assured. The paper outlines the current situation concerning information and communication technologies (ICT) and agriculture in Turkey and the challenges facing the rural sector in striving towards a knowledge society.

scholarly journals Use of information and communication technologies in Castilla & León universities

Comunicar ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (35) ◽  
pp. 159-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Baelo-Álvarez ◽  
Isabel Cantón-Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Castilla Y Leon ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Integration Of Ict ◽  
Key Indicators

This paper explores the uses of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the universities of Castilla y León. We believe that the integration of ICT in the universities is essential for the development of a university system in line with the requirements of the knowledge society. This piece of work must be placed within a research that has analyzed the use of ICT in higher education in the universities of Castilla y León. In our view, the uses of ICT in higher education are one of the main key indicators for its level of integration. With this research, whose goals relate to ascertaining the level of integration of ICT in the universities of Castilla y León, we seek to identify the factors that influence the use-avoidance of ICT by the professors, and to describe the uses that they do of ICT in the development of their profession (teaching and research).For this reason, we have conducted an ex-postfacto research with a descriptive and improvement-seeking motivation. Even though the results of this research highlight the widespread use of ICTs within the universities, they also point out that this use is superficial and indicate a lack of actual integration of ICT in the universities of Castilla y León. El presente trabajo se enmarca dentro de una investigación que ha analizado la utilización que se hacen de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) en la educación superior en los centros universitarios de Castilla y León. Bajo nuestra perspectiva los usos de las TIC por parte del docente se conforman como un indicador esencial para conocer el grado de integración que éstas tienen dentro de las universidades. De esta forma los objetivos principales de la presente investigación se encuentran en relación con la indagación sobre el nivel de integración de las TIC existente en los centros universitarios de Castilla y León, tratando de identificar los elementos que influyen tanto en la utilización, como en el no uso de las TIC por parte del docente universitario, para posteriormente hacer un descripción sobre los usos a los que el profesorado destina las TIC en el desarrollo de su actividad profesional, tanto en el ámbito docente, como en el investigador. Para ello se ha llevado a cabo una investigación ex-postfacto, con una orientación descriptiva y de búsqueda de la mejora, cuyos resultados inciden en una generalización en la utilización de las TIC dentro de la educación superior de Castilla y León, aunque se ha de señalar que esta utilización se encuentra referida a unos usos superficiales de las TIC, lo que denota una falta de integración real de las TIC en las universidades de Castilla y León.

ICT

2014 ◽  
pp. 22-34
Author(s):  
Julián Briz ◽  
José María Duran ◽  
Isabel Felipe ◽  
Teresa Briz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The University

Agriculture is facing new challenges in rural and urban areas, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) may play a significant role. In this chapter, there is a background description of the ICT sector in the interface of urban and rural communities within the framework of agriculture. It describes some case analyses focused in agronomy and social sciences. In agronomy, the focuses are environment, food production, and pollution. In socioeconomics, there is a brief identification of ICT applications such as the collaboration between the university and firms. Considering the heterogeneousness of the analysis, the future research directions include different methods of studies for ICT programs (house of quality, structural organization, and others).

Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Demirhan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Communicative Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter analyzes the capacity of social media usage and the social media strategies of political parties that became the members of Turkish Parliament after 2011 election. The social media usage increases in parallel to the improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and it becomes an important tool with its communicative functions to realize activities in social, political, and economic fields. In the globalization process, developments in ICTs and changes in the meaning of democracy have been realized parallel to each other. Politics has become more open to interaction and the participation of different actors. ICTs have created new opportunities to interaction and participation of social actors. These improvements require transformations in the role and functions of political parties. They have to arrange their programs and structures according to participative understanding of democracy and new technologies. Social media usage is seen as a requirement for political parties and party leaders for adaptation to these developments, and it is also seen as a device with its potential for realizing participation, communication, and interaction to adapt to the changes in the understanding of politics.

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