Building a Digital Society Questions for Communication Researchers
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This paper outlines three areas in which communication researchers can offer insights on the ongoing development of a digital society: infrastructure development, the role of mobile connectivity, and the need for better data through which to understand access to, and engagement in, digital society. The paper offers a discussion of digital society, then outlines a variety of research questions that can be explored to help shape digital society in citizen-centric ways. It concludes by noting the value of research as a means of introducing alternative perspectives to discourses about digital society.
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US Department of State. 2012. 'Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People'. Washington, DC.
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Middleton, C. . (2014). Building a Digital Society: Questions for Communication Researchers. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 2(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v2n1.321
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