Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 7 Issue 2/3

Power relations in IT education and work: the intersectionality of gender, race, and class

Social exclusion as a result of gender, race, and class inequality is perhaps one of the most pressing challenges associated with the development of a diverse information…

Pushed to the abyss of exclusion: ICT and social exclusion in developing countries

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which information communication technologies (ICTs) have worked as instruments of perpetuating social exclusion in developing…

Gender, access to community telecenter and livelihood asset changes

The purpose of this paper is to examine the access to community telecenters (CTs) and the resulting changes in people's livelihood by focusing on the gendered use of computers and…

The non‐formal business of cyber cafés: a case‐study from India

The purpose of this paper is to profile everyday management and business strategies of 30 cyber cafés in Mumbai and contextualize them in the broader and pervasive culture of…

Reassessing social inclusion and digital divides

Digital and social inclusion are becoming more talked about as approaches to what has been discussed as the digital divide. But what is digital or social inclusion? The purpose of…

Refugee youth, social inclusion, and ICTs: can good intentions go bad?

The purpose of this paper is to anticipate the potential outcomes of efforts to promote social inclusion of youth from refugee backgrounds by considering diverse research…

Indigenous communities and new media: questions on the global Digital Age

The purpose of this paper is to look at some of the issues surrounding access to and the use of new media technologies by Indigenous people in Australia and question why this is…

Biculturalism online: exploring the web space of Aotearoa/New Zealand

Māori culture is a central aspect in Aotearoa/New Zealand's national identity. Beginning in the 1970s biculturalism saw the indigenous culture and values acknowledged and…

Are socially exclusive values embedded in the avatar creation interfaces of MMORPGs?

The purpose of this paper is to show how both the presentation and limitation of visual choices in massively multiplayer online role‐playing games (MMORPG) avatar creation…

The Medicalization of Cyberspace

Wired Shut, Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture

Special issue on “ICTs and social inclusion”