Digital access
Journal article
Towards open annotation: examples and experiments
This article interrogates how digital text annotation tools and projects facilitate online engagement and virtual communities of practice. With the rise of the Web 2.0 movement and the proliferation of digital resources, annotation has evolved from an isolated practice to a collaborative one.
Report
Switched on: exploring the challenge of adequate digital access for all children and young people
This report brings together research and evidence about key issues related to digital inclusion with a particular focus on children and young people, emphasising that adequate digital access is still far from universal.
Report
Out of the maze: Building digitally inclusive communities
The purpose of this research was to uncover lived experience of the biggest obstacles for people to be digitally included and what will be most effective at reducing digital exclusion.
Report
Affordability report 2018
The 2018 Affordability Report assesses the policy and regulatory progress made across 61 low- and middle-income countries and finds that, despite growing global attention on the importance of affordable internet access for all, policies are failing to advance at the pace needed to do so.
Report
Internet connectivity seen as having positive impact on life in sub-Saharan Africa
According to this new Pew Research Center analysis, most sub-Saharan Africans feel positively about the role the internet plays in their country. Large majorities say the increasing use of the internet has had a good influence on education in their country, and half or more say the same about the economy, personal relationships and politics.