{"product_id":"enhancing-digital-equity-connecting-the-digital-underclass-9783030490812","title":"Enhancing Digital Equity: Connecting the Digital Underclass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eDigital technologies have the potential to reduce social disparities, tackle social exclusion, enhance social and civil rights, and promote equity, but they must be promoted to connect the digital underclass and avoid creating the digital oligarchy. Algorithms have normalized inequalities in the name of efficiency and rationalization, penalizing specific social categories. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 114 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 August 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDigital technologies have the potential to significantly reduce social disparities, tackle social exclusion, enhance social and civil rights, and promote equity. To achieve this, it is essential to promote digital equity and connect the digital underclass. The book highlights how the advent of technologies can become a barrier to social mobility, leading to the formation of the digital oligarchy, which further penalizes the digital underclass. Socially disadvantaged individuals, living at the margins of digital society, face penalization in accessing, using, and benefiting from digital technologies (three levels of digital divide). Additionally, they face challenges in understanding, programming, and treating new digital technologies (three levels of algorithms divide). The introduction and implementation of tools that rely on algorithms to make decisions have further normalized inequalities, perpetuating social categories and exacerbating existing disparities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigital technologies have the potential to significantly reduce social disparities, tackle social exclusion, enhance social and civil rights, and promote equity. To achieve this, it is essential to promote digital equity and connect the digital underclass. The book highlights how the advent of technologies can become a barrier to social mobility, leading to the formation of the digital oligarchy, which further penalizes the digital underclass. Socially disadvantaged individuals, living at the margins of digital society, face penalization in accessing, using, and benefiting from digital technologies (three levels of digital divide). Additionally, they face challenges in understanding, programming, and treating new digital technologies (three levels of algorithms divide). The introduction and implementation of tools that rely on algorithms to make decisions have further normalized inequalities, perpetuating social categories and exacerbating existing disparities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 173g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210 x 148 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9783030490812\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1st ed. 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Massimo Ragnedda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44102950256890,"sku":"9783030490812","price":42.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646255760017_book.jpg?v=1646933925","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/enhancing-digital-equity-connecting-the-digital-underclass-9783030490812","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}