Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid

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Autor(a) principal: Calderón Gómez, Daniel
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i2.2601
Resumo: The main goal of this article is to analyze young people’s technological socialization experiences to build a comprehensive model of the distinctive digital literacies interwoven with their biographies. Considering that digital accessibility is a necessary but not sufficient condition for inclusion, we identify which types of digital literacies are linked to the acquisition of digital competencies, confidence, and dispositions towards the incorporation of ICTs into daily activities; on the other hand, we also identify digital literacies that might engender motivated processes of self-exclusion from the digital realm, therefore reinforcing subjects’ digital exclusion. Methodologically, this article is based on 30 in-depth biographically-oriented qualitative interviews with young people living in the region of Madrid, Spain. Regarding results, four techno-social dimensions are proposed—motivation, degree of formality, degree of sociality, and type of technological domestication—to construct a typology of four ideal forms of digital literacy: unconscious literacy, self-motivated literacy, professional literacy, and social support. To achieve digital inclusion, self-motivation towards using digital technologies is mandatory, but social practices, academic and professional literacy might work as a secondary socialization process that enhance subjects’ affinity with ICTs. Nevertheless, the effect of social support is ambivalent: It could promote digital inclusion among people already interested in digital technologies, but it could also lead to dynamics of self-exclusion among people who are not confident regarding their digital competencies or disinterested in ICTs.
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spelling Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madriddigital divide; digital inclusion; digital literacy; technological socialization; young peopleThe main goal of this article is to analyze young people’s technological socialization experiences to build a comprehensive model of the distinctive digital literacies interwoven with their biographies. Considering that digital accessibility is a necessary but not sufficient condition for inclusion, we identify which types of digital literacies are linked to the acquisition of digital competencies, confidence, and dispositions towards the incorporation of ICTs into daily activities; on the other hand, we also identify digital literacies that might engender motivated processes of self-exclusion from the digital realm, therefore reinforcing subjects’ digital exclusion. Methodologically, this article is based on 30 in-depth biographically-oriented qualitative interviews with young people living in the region of Madrid, Spain. Regarding results, four techno-social dimensions are proposed—motivation, degree of formality, degree of sociality, and type of technological domestication—to construct a typology of four ideal forms of digital literacy: unconscious literacy, self-motivated literacy, professional literacy, and social support. To achieve digital inclusion, self-motivation towards using digital technologies is mandatory, but social practices, academic and professional literacy might work as a secondary socialization process that enhance subjects’ affinity with ICTs. Nevertheless, the effect of social support is ambivalent: It could promote digital inclusion among people already interested in digital technologies, but it could also lead to dynamics of self-exclusion among people who are not confident regarding their digital competencies or disinterested in ICTs.Cogitatio2020-05-14info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i2.2601oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2601Social Inclusion; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Digital Inclusion Across the Globe: What Is Being Done to Tackle Digital Inequities?; 222-2322183-2803reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2601https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i2.2601https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2601/2601Copyright (c) 2020 Daniel Calderón Gómezhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCalderón Gómez, Daniel2022-12-20T10:59:52Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2601Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:26.358226Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
title Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
spellingShingle Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
Calderón Gómez, Daniel
digital divide; digital inclusion; digital literacy; technological socialization; young people
title_short Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
title_full Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
title_fullStr Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
title_full_unstemmed Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
title_sort Technological Socialization and Digital Inclusion: Understanding Digital Literacy Biographies among Young People in Madrid
author Calderón Gómez, Daniel
author_facet Calderón Gómez, Daniel
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv digital divide; digital inclusion; digital literacy; technological socialization; young people
topic digital divide; digital inclusion; digital literacy; technological socialization; young people
description The main goal of this article is to analyze young people’s technological socialization experiences to build a comprehensive model of the distinctive digital literacies interwoven with their biographies. Considering that digital accessibility is a necessary but not sufficient condition for inclusion, we identify which types of digital literacies are linked to the acquisition of digital competencies, confidence, and dispositions towards the incorporation of ICTs into daily activities; on the other hand, we also identify digital literacies that might engender motivated processes of self-exclusion from the digital realm, therefore reinforcing subjects’ digital exclusion. Methodologically, this article is based on 30 in-depth biographically-oriented qualitative interviews with young people living in the region of Madrid, Spain. Regarding results, four techno-social dimensions are proposed—motivation, degree of formality, degree of sociality, and type of technological domestication—to construct a typology of four ideal forms of digital literacy: unconscious literacy, self-motivated literacy, professional literacy, and social support. To achieve digital inclusion, self-motivation towards using digital technologies is mandatory, but social practices, academic and professional literacy might work as a secondary socialization process that enhance subjects’ affinity with ICTs. Nevertheless, the effect of social support is ambivalent: It could promote digital inclusion among people already interested in digital technologies, but it could also lead to dynamics of self-exclusion among people who are not confident regarding their digital competencies or disinterested in ICTs.
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