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Information Policy |
Digital Inclusion |
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Information policy focuses on regulation (stateregulation
and self‐regulation)‐‐the socially
constructed procedures, agreements, and
treaties used to guide behavior. Additionally,
information policy emphasizes the articulation
and enforcement of these regulations. |
Digital inclusion examines factors that affect the
capabilities and potential of citizens, individuals,
communities, and societies to participate in the
information era. Today, main‐stream studies are shifting from a concentration on infrastructure and affordability questions to understanding questions of usage, e‐literacy, skills, and communal/ governmental support of specific populations. |
Cultural dynamics explores how information and
communications technologies change and
transform cultures, and vice versa, how different populations change and use information and technology in context. |
Studies on practical implications explore ways
in which technology or information procedures can be helpful to different practices (in work environment, daily life etc..). |
Most decision‐makers, policy‐makers, and
scholars are interested in the following
overarching questions: ‐ How should cyberspace be regulated, to what extent, by whom, and through what mechanisms? ‐ How should we define basic rights in an information era? Who defines these rights? |
Overarching questions are: ‐ How should we measure digital inclusion? ‐ What accounts for the wide disparities of access to information technologies? ‐ How do we empower citizens, individuals, communities and societies through information and communication technologies? ‐ How do information policies enable or inhibit participation in the benefits of the information era? |
Overarching questions are: ‐ In what ways can information and communication technologies be helpful in sustaining an ecology comprising distinctive cultures? ‐ How do we accommodate cultural differences in seeking to share knowledge from around the world? ‐ In what ways can information technology improve understanding within and among different cultures? ‐ Technology enables individuals to be highly connected with other individuals, but does this high degree of connectivity lead to a higher quality of life? ‐ How will the expectations of the generation growing up in a digital world (“millennial” or “digital natives”) affect organizational structures and cultures? |
Overarching questions are: ‐ How do information, technology and people improve efficiency, interactions, processes and usage in context? ‐ How do mobile technologies increase the efficiency of eGovernment field‐workers? ‐ How can information technologies enable the growing population of seniors to improve their quality of life? ‐ How can universities transform the learning experience for students using information technology? |
Areas of Research: ‐ Gatekeeping and Information control ‐ Free speech ‐ Privacy ‐ Intellectual property ‐ Access to justice |
Areas of Research: ‐ Accessibility for people with disabilities ‐ Barriers and opportunities to access in low resource environments ‐ eSkills and employability ‐ Rural youth and entrepreneurship ‐ Impact evaluation of community technology programs ‐ Access to technology, internet |
Areas of Research: ‐ Quality of Life ‐ Civic engagement ‐ Digital Natives ‐ Social and political impacts ‐ Community and virtual communities |
Areas of Research: ‐ Individuals ‐ e‐Government ‐ e‐Business ‐ Healthcare ‐ Education/ instruction ‐ Organizational structures |
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