Dear colleagues and friends, If you are going to ICA in Japan this June, ICA 2016 Blue Sky Workshop Innovations in Digital Inclusion Research, Policy and Practice Organizers (in alphabetical order) * Wenhong Chen, UT Austin, <mailto:wenchen2006@gmail.com> wenchen2006@gmail.com * Shelia R. Cotten, Michigan State University, <mailto:cotten@msu.edu> cotten@msu.edu * William H. Dutton, Quello Center, MSU, wdutton@msu.edu * Y. Patrick Hsieh, RTI International, <mailto:yulihsieh2012@u.northwestern.edu> yulihsieh2012@u.northwestern.edu; <mailto:yph@rti.org> yph@rti.org * Rich Ling, Nanyang Technological University, rili@ntu.edu.sg * Bianca Reisdorf, Quello Center, MSU, reisdo10@msu.edu * Amit Schejter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Penn State, <mailto:schejter@gmail.com> schejter@gmail.com * Joseph Straubhaar, UT Austin, jdstraubhaar@austin.utexas.edu * Sharon Strover, UT Austin, <mailto:sharon.strover@austin.utexas.edu> sharon.strover@austin.utexas.edu Despite ample hype about the ubiquity of ICTs, 53% of the world’s population has never gone online. Even within the most prosperous nations, digital divides remain significant, based on such factors as age and income, but also geography, excluding many in rural areas and distressed areas of cities. The consequences are increasingly significant to perpetuating social and economic inequalities as government services, healthcare, education and job opportunities move online. Resources have been invested in initiatives to close digital divides, but with limited results. This Workshop will explore theories and methods guiding the study of divides, and critically assess emerging policy and practice. Multiple stakeholders are invited to identify promising policy and technical initiatives, and how they can best be studied. See more details here http://bit.ly/1VOgtES. Please submit your statement to <mailto:wenchen2006@gmail.com> wenchen2006@gmail.com by May 1, 2016. We will notify selected participants by May 15, 2016. Cheers, Wenhong 文泓 Wenhong Chen Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Sociology University of Texas at Austin T: 512-471-4952 F: 512-471-4077 <mailto:wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu> wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu <http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen> http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen New edited volume: Networked China <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138840027/> http://www.routledge.com/9781138840027/ Office hour signup <http://bit.ly/1xpHy1c> http://bit.ly/1xpHy1c 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067