Global-Perspectives

Education represents probably the most common justification for providing digital resources and internet access to children the world over. Yet there does not yet exist robust evidence for the contexts and conditions that support these opportunities so that they can be effectively translated into tangible benefits. Our comparative lens reveals that education is open to different interpretations – from an instrumental concern with employability and growth to more idealist concerns for social mobility, social justice and empowerment. Further, while education is often the focus of digital inclusion struggles, given huge inequalities in region, income, culture, gender, and so forth, it is also often the means by which inequalities are re-produced. The theme of education permits us to address tensions between public versus commercial visions of the digital offer, as well as shared (perhaps universal) versus contextual/local meanings and values, thereby raising critical questions for the public and policy makers about the roles and interests of different stakeholders in bringing about educational opportunities for children in the digital age. We conclude with recommendations for future research as well as guidelines for parents, educators, providers and policy makers.

WORKGROUP MEMBERS

 

Workgroup Chair

Sonia Livingstone, PhD

Sonia Livingstone, PhD Professor, Department of Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Dafna Lemish, PhD

Dafna Lemish, PhD
Dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University, IL

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Sun Sun Lim, PhD

Sun Sun Lim, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Monica Bulger, PhD

Monica Bulger, PhD
Research Associate, Data and Society Research Institute, New York, NY

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Patricio Cabello, PhD

Patricio Cabello, PhD
Professor,
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Magdalena Claro, MA

Magdalena Claro, MA
Professor,
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Tania Cabello, PhD

Tania Cabello, PhD
Professor,
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Joe Khalil, PhD

Joe Khalil, PhD
Associate Professor, Mass Communications and Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar

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Kristiina Kumpulainen, PhD

Kristiina Kumpulainen, PhD
Professor, Department of Teacher Education,
University of Helsinki, Finland

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Usha S. Nayar, PhD

Usha S. Nayar
Senior Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

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Priya Nayar, MA, PhD

Priya Nayar, MA PhD
Professor, University of Cologne, Germany

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Jonghwi Park, PhD

Jonghwi Park, PhD
Program Specialis, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Thailand

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Maria Melizza Tan

Maria Melizza Tan
Program Officer,
Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Thailand

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Jeanne Prinsloo, PhD

Jeanne Prinsloo, PhD

Professor, Media Studies,
Rhodes University, South Africa

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Bu Wei, MA

Bu Wei, MA

Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

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