Now you see it, now you don't: Digital connectivity in marginalized communities

Carleen F. Maitland

doi:10.1109/MC.2018.2701624

Now you see it, now you don't: Digital connectivity in marginalized communities

Carleen F. Maitland

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

For marginalized communities around the globe, lack of stable Internet access can result in a 'digital divide.' The author's sociotechnical analysis of three marginalized communities - rural Native Americans in the US, Syrian refugees in Jordan, and Congolese refugees in Rwanda - identifies several key contributing factors, including aid agencies' changing priorities, goals, and political concerns, as well as technological, geographic, and cultural challenges. Through novel insights about these contributing factors of digital divides, the author generates a set of technical, organizational, and policy solutions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	62-71
Number of pages	10
Volume	51
No	6
Specialist publication	Computer
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2018.2701624
State	Published - Jun 2018

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Now you see it, now you don't: Digital connectivity in marginalized communities

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