[Commlist] new book: Vulnerable People and Digital Inclusion

NEW BOOK!


  Vulnerable People and Digital Inclusion

Theoretical and Applied Perspective.

Edited by Panayiota Tsatsou

palgrave macmillan

After a lot of work and anticipation, this timely and original book is 
now out! Many thanks to all contributors 
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94122-2 
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94122-2>

*Outline*

This book explores the role of digital inclusion in the welfare and 
social inclusion of vulnerable people. With interdisciplinary 
contributors from six continents, working in diverse fields such as 
digital media studies, social computing, community informatics and 
cultural studies, the book brings together theoretical and applied 
research evidence on three vulnerable population categories: ethnic 
minorities, older people and people with disabilities. Each section is 
accompanied by a critical commentary on the research insights presented, 
from third sector community and policy experts.

*Argument *

The book explores whether vulnerable populations face similar 
experiences and challenges in relation to their digital inclusion 
status, stressing the central presence of intersectionality, and arguing 
for the inclusion of the age, ethnicity/immigration status and 
disability aspects of one’s identity. At the same time, it argues for 
multi-directional action that tackles intersectional discrimination in 
the digital realm on behalf of more than one single population category 
or group.  Challenging popular discourse on the overcoming of digital 
inequalities in the West, this essential book contends that accounts of 
non-western contexts do not focus on the parameter of vulnerability or 
on particular population groups.

*Endorsements*

“This book is unique, a must read for those who want to get a broader 
perspective and insight into digital inequalities than is common in the 
academic literature on the field. The combination of critical, 
interdisciplinary theoretical and practitioner perspectives and the 
inclusion of data from beyond the usual empirical focus on the global 
north provided by authors from around the world, is an extremely 
valuable and very overdue contribution to our understanding what digital 
inclusion looks like and what considerate solutions might be to the lack 
of it” (Ellen J. Helsper, Professor of Digital Inequalities in the 
Department of Media and Communications at the LSE”

“This is a well-edited, coherent and rich collection of research essays 
about vulnerability and resilience of people trying to reach social and 
digital inclusion in six continents of the world. The groups are people 
with disability and old age and ethnic minorities. They are compared to 
find the intersectionality of aspects in social and digital inequality 
among all of them. The focus is on inclusion and how to support this and 
not on exclusion (the digital divide).” (Jan van Dijk, Emeritus 
Professor of Communication Science at the University of Twente)

“Vulnerable People and Digital Inclusion is impressive in both its 
systematic analysis of technological and social inequalities, as well as 
its wide-ranging perspectives and global populations of interest” (Dr. 
Meryl Alper, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, 
Northeastern University)

*Panayiota Tsatsou* is Associate Professor at the University of 
Leicester. Her research interests lie in the areas of digital inclusion 
and Internet studies. Panayiota has published widely on the role of 
vulnerable and ordinary people as digital media actors.


<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94122-2#book-header>

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