A Digital Society for All? – Meanings, Practices and Policies for Digital DiversityShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences / [ed] Tung X. Bui, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa , 2019, p. 3067-3076Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The concept of digital divides has been on the agenda in research and policy making for at least the last 20 years. But it is still, a challenge to grasp this concept that is so elusive and transforming. Inclusion, access and equality are still key values for democratic governance and must be addressed in particular when forming and contributing to a digital government. This paper seeks to intervene in current debates on digital divides and digital inclusion by analyzing two cases of responses among street-level public administration in relation to e-government services in Sweden. The case studies are strategically chosen and conducted in national agencies and in local public libraries. Three lines of contributions are discussed, firstly the importance to care for equality secondly the need to see the non-users, and thirdly to discuss the potential of putting focus on digital diversity.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa , 2019. p. 3067-3076
Series
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), ISSN 1530-1605, E-ISSN 2572-6862
Keywords [en]
Digital divide, digital inclusion, government agencies, Sweden, public administration
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-162387DOI: 10.24251/HICSS.2019.371ISI: 000625294903017Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85090172704ISBN: 9780998133126 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-162387DiVA, id: diva2:1374221
Conference
52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Grand Wailea, Maui, January 8 - 11, 2019
2019-11-292019-11-292024-09-15Bibliographically approved