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Should the industry be worried about digital disenfranchisement?

on Jun 26, 2014 | 0 comments

By Gina Lovett

When Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web in 1989, he envisioned it as an agent of universal empowerment. 25 years on, ‘digital’ has made the world more public, more social, more global and more entrepreneurial – but not for everyone.

Digital disenfranchisement today is denoted by even deeper social and economic exclusion – exclusion from the opportunities to build the social and cultural capital that can be transformative at a time when digital is ever more inherent in education achievement and career progression.

Worryingly, according to national digital inclusion campaign Go On UK, around 16 million people in the UK Read full story ›

Source: The Drum