Adapting digital tools to support remotely managed digital literacy research, education, and communications in Northern Canada
This chapter explores how digital information and communication technologies can support collaboration between researchers, educators, and remote Indigenous communities. It highlights the challenges of adapting digital tools to build meaningful relationships, particularly…
Inclusive digital pathways for agricultural extension: Exploring micro-level innovation with technology stewardship training in Sri Lanka and Trinidad
This chapter explores how agricultural extension and advisory services can promote inclusive digital transformation in the Global South by reframing “digital agriculture” as “digitalization in agriculture.” This shift allows for imagining multiple…
School closures on rural education: Examining remote learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile.
This chapter explores the impact of school closures on rural education in Chile during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on remote learning experiences. Based on interviews with 12 dyads of seventh-grade…
Are rural smallholders ready for agricultural digitalization? Farmer (In)competencies and the political economy of access in digital agricultural extension and advisories in Northern Ghana.
This chapter critically examines the barriers to smallholder farmers’ use of digital agricultural extension and advisory services in Northern Ghana, using a mixed-method approach of surveys with 386 farmers and three focus…
Redefining the use of ICTs as tools for empowering farmers and rural communities: A Malawian case study
This chapter analyzes the current use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Communication for Development (C4D), advocating for co-creation and co-design to better address the needs of vulnerable populations. It critiques…
Internet use genres: A lens for analyzing patterns of Internet adoption in rural communities of Canada, Chile, and Vietnam
This chapter examines how rural residents in three countries—Canada, Chile, and Vietnam—appropriately use Internet technologies, based on data from previous studies at different stages of digital inclusion. It introduces the concept of…
Should We Be Worried About GMOs?
The article discusses and explores the reasons for the disparity between scientific consensus and public opinion on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). While 88% of scientists from the American Association for the Advancement…
Are the anti-GMO and anti-vaccine movements merging
The article critiques the merging of anti-vaccine and anti-GMO movements, highlighting their shared reliance on pseudoscientific claims. It discusses how anti-GMO groups, like the Organic Consumers Association, are increasingly promoting anti-vaccine propaganda,…
Anti-GMO website promotes new conspiracy theory linking GMOs with supposed campaign to ‘eliminate Africans.
The article examines the propagation of a conspiracy theory by anti-GMO activists, which falsely portrays RNA interference (RNAi) as a means of controlling populations, with a specific focus on African Americans. It…
Information disorder: The techniques we saw in 2016 have evolved
The article discusses the concept of “information disorder” in the digital age, highlighting how the promise of hyper-connected communities has given way to a polluted information ecosystem. It argues against the use…
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