Communication and Information Technologies Annual : Digital Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Front Cover; Communication and Information Technologies Annual; Copyright Page; Contents; Editorial Board; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Volume 12: Digital Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean; Section I: Opportunities and Challenges: Young People; Section II: Opportunities and Challenges: Women and Gender; Section III: Opportunities and Challenges: Existing Policy Frameworks; Section IV: Opportunities and Challenges: Communities and the Public Sphere; Conclusions and Implications.

Section I: Opportunities and Challenges: Young PeopleDisability and ICTs in the Caribbean: Enabling Visually Impaired Caribbean Youth; Introduction; Exploring Relevant Emerging Theoretical Frameworks; ICT and Political Knowledge; ICTs Conferring 'Communicative Abundance'; Research Design; Methodology; Sample, Data Collection and Procedures; Data Analysis and Interpretation; Bracketing; Findings; Sources of Political Knowledge among the Disabled in the Caribbean; ICTs and Political Talk; Conclusion; References; ICTs and Empowerment of Children with Disabilities: A Jamaican Case Study.

IntroductionPersons with Disabilities -- A Look at the Jamaican Situation; Global and Regional Commitments to Persons with Disabilities; Child Development, Disability and Empowerment; The UWICDS Project; Institution as Advocate -- UWICDS; Conclusion; References; Experimenting with Media Education, Civic Engagement, and Sustainability in Brazilian Schools; Introduction; Theoretical Background; Methodology; Results; Planning and Carrying Out the Workshops on Media Education for Sustainability; Workshop 1; Workshop 2; Workshop 3; Observation and Evaluation of Workshop Interventions; Discussion.

ConclusionsNotes; Acknowledgments; References; Section II: Opportunities and Challenges: Women and Gender; Gender Equity and Access in the Caribbean ICT Sector; Introduction; Global Trends in Gender Equality and ICTs: Importance for the Caribbean; ICTs: Opportunities for Development; Gender and the Digital Divide; Gender ICTs and World Summit on the Information Society WSIS+10; Rationale and Analytic Objectives; Methodology; St Lucia; Quantitative Data Collection; Qualitative Data Collection; Procedures; Data Analysis; Jamaica.

Overview of the Anglophone Caribbean: Statistical, Gender and Policy ProfilePolicy and Institutional Frameworks; Gender Equality and Development Frameworks; ICT Policy Frameworks; Comparative Analysis of Gender and ICTs; Growth Potential of the Caribbean ICT Sector; ICT Infrastructure; Internet Penetration; Opportunities; Challenges to Gender Equality in ICTs; Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; References; Appendix: Terminology; Social Media, Women, and Empowerment: The Uses of Social Media Platforms by WNGOs in Jamaica and Brazil; Introduction; Research Questions.

The Role of ICTs in National Development.

This volume examines many aspects impacting the digital divide in Latin America and the politics of digital inclusion including mobile youth identities, technology affordability, school transformation by digital media, the diffusion of e-commerce platforms and digital technology in SMEs.

Includes bibliographical references.

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