This report is the final of a two year evaluation of the project that focussed on the impact of the project on residents and the efficacy of the Wired Community@Collingwood public housing project in forming the basis of a sustainable social enterprise.

What do older Australians who never or rarely use the Internet know about the types of online products and services available to them, and how they might use these products and services to improve their daily life? This project aims to support current and future strategies and initiatives by: 1) exploring the extent to which...

Sweden and Singapore continue to top the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011, Transformations 2.0, released by the World Economic Forum, confirming the leadership of the Nordic countries and the Asian Tiger economies in adopting and implementing ICT advances for increased growth and development. Finland jumps to third place, while Switzerland and the...

Judged by traditional standards, levels of youth civic and political commitment and activity in America are the lowest of all demographic groups and until recently have been declining. At the same time, youth are highly engaged with digital media, such as social media, blogging, video games, and smart phones. This working paper by the Youth...

Surveying online practices of American youth and their civic and political engagement, this working paper finds that most youth are not consistently exposed to either echo chambers or divergent perspectives. Some see the Internet as a means of exposure to divergent perspectives, while others believe that it is likely to foster echo chambers. This paper...