EAN: 9781433127588

DIGITAL FUSION - JOY PIERCE GEBUNDEN

The first national recognition of disparities in access to information technologies ¿ a digital
divide ¿ surfaced in a 1995 report by The National Telecommunication and Information
Administration. Despite efforts to close the gap and promote digital inclusion  statistical
data over the course of nearly 20 years indicate a significant disparity remains in poor and
minority communities. In this accessible yet scholarly work  Joy Pierce illustrates the need to
examine the societal status of information technologies at the micro level. Digital Fusion is a
sustained and integrated project that combines more than a decade of community participatory
research in two regions of the United States. Using qualitative research methods and drawing
from critical cultural studies and social theory  Digital Fusion is an interdisciplinary
project that engages digital literacy and social justice issues related to race  ethnicity 
language  class  and education. Thought-provoking  multi-vocal  and multi-lingual narratives
from racial and ethnic minorities as well as institutional administrators lay the groundwork
for potential policy implications and digital infrastructure and design. Digital Fusion
illuminates the complexities of digital access and use at the micro-level and offers a
participatory project that seeks to co-create a digital space  one that speaks to the specific
cultural  linguistic  and social needs of underrepresented communities.

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