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Rice,
R. E., Yates, S. J., & Blejmar, J. (2020).
Chapter 25. Conclusion: Cross-cutting, unique, and
general themes in the Handbook of Digital
Technology and Society. In S. J. Yates & R. E. Rice (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of digital technology
and society (pp. 699-720). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
We
conclude the Handbook of Digital Technology and Society by identifying
topics
that appear in multiple chapters, are more unique to some chapters, and
that
represent general themes across the material. Each of these is
considered
separately for the ESRC Theme chapters, and the non-ESRC chapters.
In the Theme chapters, cross-cutting research
topics include digital divides and inequalities; data and digital
literacy;
governance, regulation, and legislation; and the roles and impacts of
major
platforms. Cross-cutting challenges include methods; theory
development, testing,
and evaluation; ethics; big data; and multi-platform/holistic studies.
Gaps
include policy implications, and digital culture. In the non-ESRC
chapters,
more cross-cutting themes include future research and methods;
technology
venues; relationships; content and creation; culture and everyday life;
theory;
and societal effects. More unique these were digitization of self;
managing
digital experience; names for the digital/social era; ethics; user
groups;
civic issues; health, and positive effects. The chapter also shows how
the
non-ESRC chapters may be clustered together based on their shared
themes and
subthemes, identifying two general themes of more macro and more macro
topics.
The identification of both more and less common topics and themes can
provide
the basis for understanding the landscape of prior research, what areas
need to
be included in ongoing research, and what research areas that might
benefit
from more attention. The chapter ends with some recommendations for
such
ongoing and future research in the rich, important, and challenging
area of
digital technology and society.
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