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Showing posts with label Technological Access to Participation. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 12, 2007

Studies and Research Regarding Online Volunteering/Virtual Volunteering

Jayne Craven's webpage on Studies and Research Regarding
Online Volunteering / Virtual Volunteering provides a good list of studies in this subject area, including a report entitled
"Social Movement Participation in the Digital Age: Predicting Offline and Online Collective Action," by Suzanne Brunsting and Tom Postmes.

Beyond Digital Inclusion – A Ten Point Plan for Digital Excellence

Beyond Digital Inclusion – A Ten Point Plan for Digital Excellence, by Sascha Meinrath, will be printed in an upcoming issue of Government Technology's Digital Communities Magazine. It describes a movement towards a more digitally equitable future.

Providing access to the internet is one aspect of encouraging public involvement and awareness of public issues and challenges.
Meinrath's article discusses ideas for bridging the digital divide for the purposes of social and economic justice.

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