What Makes Digital Inclusion Good or Bad?
by
Jeanne Rasata
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Published on
Jul 05, 2011 05:26 PM
Jenin, Palestine - Arab American University-Jenin, Engineering College Main Hall
Activities directed at ``including'' more people in the use of digital
technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is
invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by
immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms
of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on
what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to
work towards digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure
it is the good kind.