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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Measuring the Digital Divide: The Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2014-2016<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seminar by Professor Julian Thomas (Swinburne)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Friday 16 Sept 2-4pm</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Location: MECO Seminar Room S226, Level 2, John Woolley Building (A20)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/measuring-the-digital-divide-the-australian-digital-inclusion-index-2014-2016-tickets-27587543084">RVSP at Eventbite</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">**** Also broadcast live on #Periscope – go to @MediaAtSydney ****<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>About the seminar:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this presentation, <b>Professor Julian Thomas</b> (Swinburne University of Technology) will discuss The Australian Digital Inclusion Index, a measurement tool that addresses the need for informed public policy and projects to enhance
digital inclusion in Australia. As the Internet becomes increasingly central to everyday life, the social and economic consequences of digital exclusion also increase. However, the challenge of the “narrowing but deepening” digital divide presents immediate
problems for both researchers and policy makers. Although substantial progress has been made on understanding digital exclusion at national and community levels in Australia, the absence of a sufficiently granular, longitudinal dataset has been a continuing
limitation across all disciplines. And without comparable measures of the digital divide, the benefits of interventions are often poorly understood. The Australian Digital Inclusion Index is an ongoing, collaborative project which aims to address these issues.
This talk outlines the Index’s objectives, design, main national and NSW findings, as well as possible uses in research, policy and practice. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The report is available at this <a href="http://digitalinclusionindex.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Australian-Digital-Inclusion-Index-2016.pdf">
link</a>; and more information on the Australian Digital Inclusion Index project at this
<a href="http://digitalinclusionindex.org.au/">link.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>About the speaker:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor Julian Thomas is Director of Swinburne University’s Institute for Social Research. His recent publications include <i>The Informal Media Economy</i> (2015) and <i>Internet on the Outstation: The Digital Divide and Remote Aboriginal
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<p class="MsoNormal">For information or queries, contact Dr Dr Penny O'Donnell, Media@Sydney Co-ordinator: MECO.research@sydney.edu.au<o:p></o:p></p>
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