{"id":1115,"date":"2021-06-01T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/?page_id=1115"},"modified":"2021-06-01T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:44:28","slug":"keynote-1-digital-inequalities-what-they-are-and-their-consequences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/annual-conference\/calrg-2021-conference\/keynote-1-digital-inequalities-what-they-are-and-their-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote 1: Digital inequalities \u2013 what they are and their consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/calrg_main_no_words-1024x194.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/calrg_main_no_words-1024x194-300x57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/calrg_main_no_words-1024x194-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/calrg_main_no_words-1024x194-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/calrg_main_no_words-1024x194.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/calrg_main_no_words-1024x194-624x118.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>10am &#8211; 11am (BST) 15 June 2021<\/h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.ac.uk\/communication-and-media\/staff\/simeon-yates\/\" ><span class=\"honorific-prefix\">Professor<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"given-name\">Simeon<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"family-name\">Yates,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0University of Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Digital inequalities \u2013 what they are and their consequences<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted for the public and policy makers the size and implications of digital inequalities in the UK and globally.\u00a0 The \u2018digital divide\u2019 is not a new idea. It has been explored since the 1970s as telecommunications, computing, ICT, or information \u201cdivides\u201d.\u00a0 More recently research has focused on digital exclusion and inclusion and the post pandemic buzz-words are digital and data poverty.\u00a0 This lecture will explore the nature of digital inequalities across access, skills, affordability and motivation.\u00a0 It will then examine and consider the implications of these inequalities.\u00a0 These implications cut across and are intertwined with citizens economic, social and cultural lives and opportunities.\u00a0 The talk builds on two decades of empirical research \u2013 both quantitative and qualitative \u2013 conducted in collaboration with regional, national and international stakeholders, charities and governments.\u00a0 The lecture will conclude with thoughts on the key next steps for research, practitioners and policy makers.<\/p>\n<h2>Speaker&#8217;s Bio:<\/h2>\n<p>Simeon is Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research Environment and Postgraduate Research. His research on the social, political and cultural impacts of digital media includes a long-standing focus on digital media and interpersonal interaction. More recently, he has worked on projects that address issues of digital inclusion and exclusion.\u00a0His prior work covered topics such as the use of digital technologies in the workplace, digital media use during crises and ICT use by the security services.\u00a0Simeon has been researching the impacts of the internet and digital media on language and culture since 1990. His PhD thesis (1993) is a large-scale linguistic comparison of speech, writing and online interaction. Subsequent published work has covered analyses of gender differences in computer-mediated communication (CMC), gender and computer gaming, email and letter writing and science in the mass media. Simeon has written text books on social research methods \u2014 in particular, linguistic and discourse analytic methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10am &#8211; 11am (BST) 15 June 2021 Professor\u00a0Simeon\u00a0Yates,\u00a0University of Liverpool Digital inequalities \u2013 what they are and their consequences The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted for the public and policy makers the size and implications of digital inequalities in the UK and globally.\u00a0 The \u2018digital divide\u2019 is not a new idea. 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