[Commlist] Call for Papers: Digital Inclusion, Policy and Research Conference (DIPRC)

Call for Papers: Digital Inclusion, Policy and Research Conference 
(DIPRC): Tuesday,  September 14 2021

In this third edition of the Digital Inclusion, Policy and Research 
Conference (DIPRC) 2021, we invite scholars and practitioners to talk 
about their latest work in what many consider as a crucial point for 
digital inclusion, digital divides and data literacy. Who got left 
behind and struggled the most during the pandemic? What new digital 
practices emerged from the pandemic to help people manage their 
well-being and survival? Did technology interventions such as contact 
tracing apps actually help manage the pandemic? How did different 
communities organise to assist each other via digital means? How did 
different governments and local municipalities respond to digital 
literacy challenges? How is mainstream media implicated in how we 
understand what is happening?

The conference aims to focus on the recent global developments 
influenced by the pandemic in research, policy, and practice. Over this 
short time digital inequalities, digital inclusion and digital 
literacies have changed in response to global developments. However, key 
themes have remained important such as: material and financial access; 
skills and digital literacy; use by citizens and communities; the impact 
of socio-economic factors; motivation and attitudes; and more recently 
socio-economic and socio-cultural variations in patterns of usage. 
Digital inequities therefore have become an important part of broader 
persistent issues of social equity and justice.

For the open sessions, we seek presentations and papers that cover 
empirical research as well as policy and practice interventions, on 
topics such as:

  *   Data analysis of levels of digital inclusion/exclusion and 
engagement.
  *   Case studies of initiatives and programmes.
  *   Case studies of community impact.
  *   Studies of the impacts of digital exclusion and inequalities.
  *   Policy interventions to address digital inequalities.

Given that 2020 and 2021 have been dominated by the impacts of the 
COVID-19 pandemic, which has itself revealed huge digital inequalities, 
we also invite papers on:

  *   Disinformation/misinformation and digital literacy during the 
pandemic.
  *   Studies on the link between misinformation and data literacies.
  *   Government, community and voluntary sector responses to digital 
literacy needs.
  *   Digital platform use and 'big tech' responses to the pandemic.
  *   Community responses to digital needs due to the pandemic.

Please submit your abstract here: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diprc2021

The conference will be free to attend this year and held online - events 
will be scheduled to facilitate as far as possible attendance from all 
time zones.

Important dates:

  *   Date for submitting abstracts - 31st May 2021
  *   Date for announcing acceptances - End of July 2021
  *   Date for speakers to confirm participation - Mid August 2021 at 
latest.

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