Track: Digital Media: Content and Communication
Minitrack: Digital Divide/s and Inclusion/s

The mini-track calls for papers that study the digital divide in different levels, methods and perspectives. Possible investigations of the digital divide may focus on international, national, local, sector, communal, and individual level. Both empirical and theoretical papers are invited.

For more information, please visit: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/events/dd.html

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
* Conceptualization and theory of digital divide, digital spectrum and eInclusion
* Indigenous communities and technology
* Cultural, Socio-demographic and context factors - gender, age, education, income, ethnic diversity, race diversity, language diversity, religiosity
* Social and governmental support - for example the use of supportive initiatives, policy and applications to bridge the gap, or how society and community impact eInclusion
* Access and technology - infrastructure factors
* Affordability
* Use - skills, frequency and time, locus, autonomy of use, what do users do online and for what purpose
* Accessibility focusing mainly in populations with special needs
* Measurements index - e-readiness, DiDix and more
* Comparative analysis of policy
* Comparative cross-country or cross-region research
* Country or region specific case studies

Co-chairs:
Karine Barzilai-Nahon (Primary Contact)
Center for Information and Society
The Information School
University of Washington
Mary Gates Hall, Room 370B, Box 352840, Seattle, WA 98195-2840
Phone: +1-206-685-6668
Fax: +1-206-616-3152
Email: karineb@u.washington.edu

Narcyz Roztocki
School of BusinessState
University of New York at New Paltz
75 South Manheim Boulevard, New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone: +1- 845-257-2935
Fax: +1- 845-257-2947
Email: roztockn@newpaltz.edu