Digital Inequalities in the Global South

Digital Inequalities in the Global South

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ragnedda, Massimo (Editor), Gladkova, Anna (Editor)
Summary:XVII, 372 p. 20 illus., 11 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Series:Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series,
Subjects:
Digital media.
Technology > Sociological aspects.
Social media.
Digital and New Media.
Science, Technology and Society.
Social Media.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32706-4
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2. Understanding Digital Inequalities in the Global South
  • Section I Digital Inequalities in South Asia
  • 3 Impacts of the Digital Divide on the E-government Portals of Nepal. - 4. A Widening Digital Divide and Its Impacts on Existing Social Inequalities and Democracy in Pakistan
  • 5. Widening the Wedge: Digital Inequalities and Social Media in India
  • 6. ICTs, Power Prejudice and Empowerment: Digital Exclusion of the Poorin Rural Bangladesh
  • Section II Digital Inequalities in Central and Western Asia
  • 7. Weaponization of Access, Communication Inequalities as a Form of Control: Case of Israel/Palestine
  • 8. Digital Inequalities in CIS Countries: Updated Approach to the Analysis of Situation
  • 9. A Comparison of High-Skill and Low-Skill Internet Users in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey
  • Section III Digital Inequalities in Africa
  • 10. 10 Digital Infrastructure Enabling Platforms for Health Information and Education in the GlobalSouth
  • 11. Moving Beyond the Rhetoric: Who Really Benefits from Investments in Digital Infrastructure in Low-Income and Low-Literacy Communities in Malawi?.-12. Digital Inequality and Language Diversity: An Ethiopic Case Study
  • 13. The End of the Public Sphere: Social Media, Civic Virtue, and the Democratic Divide
  • 14. The Digital Divide: Observations from the South About a Failed Dialog with the North
  • 15. Social Inequality, Technological Inequality and Educational Heterogeneity in the Light of the Conectar Igualdad OLPC Programme (Salta, Argentina, 2015–2017)
  • 16. Afro-Creole Nationalism and the Maintenance of the Digital Divide: The Case of Jamaica.

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