What are the social and cultural impacts of digital engagement and how do they differ from or compliment physical engagement?

Background

New digital development has changed a lot of aspects of delivery for AHT sectors and research to help better understand these impacts is still needed.

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  • Digital Engagements: Online Exclusion and Social Capital

    This research project offers a fresh approach to the 'digital divide'. It will develop innovative research strategies using information communication technologies (ICTs), visual creativity, narratives and storytelling, i...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Westminster

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project directly addresses the social impacts of digital engagement, particularly in relation to digital exclusion and inclusion, and the relationship between online communication and social capital.

  • Supporting Digital Engagement - An Intervention with Sheffield Homes

    This social science based knowledge exchange project is a collaborative intervention in the area of digital inclusion. The project will support Sheffield City Council (SCC) and Sheffield Homes (SH) in addressing a well-d...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Sheffield Hallam University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on digital engagement among social housing tenants, which is a specific aspect of the broader question, but does not address cultural impacts or comparisons with physical engagement.

  • Digital Personhood: Charting the digital lifespan

    We have yet to experience a complete lifespan in the Digital Age, from conception to death in old age. Those who have grown up interacting with digital technology from a very early age are still young, whilst older techn...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Dundee

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the digital lifespan of UK citizens, which indirectly relates to the social impacts of digital engagement, but does not directly address the question or compare digital and physical engagement.

  • Sandpit: an organic approach to virtual participatory design (SEEDS)

    There is growing recognition that, while large portions of society are benefitting from emerging digital technologies, a substantial minority is not. For example, the UK Government, in its October 2008 Action Plan for Co...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

  • Living with Technology: The Friction, Disconnection and Joy of Digital Life

    Having recently completed my doctoral research into a community of digital detoxers in California, this fellowship will give me the opportunity to maximise the impact of this original and exciting research and reach the ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Oxford

  • Ways of Being in a Digital Age: A Systematic Review

    The ESRC has identified a number of potential questions for future work that the scoping review will need to be cognisant of, add to, develop and validate. The team has separated these into seven major foci for the revie...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool

  • How Much is Too Much? Leveraging Existing and Emerging Large-Scale Social Data to Build Robust Evidence-Based Policy for Children in the Digital Age

    The amount of time British children and adolescents spend on digital technologies has more than doubled in the past decade, and debates about the possible impact of excessive screen use are prominent in the scientific an...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Oxford

  • Connecting through culture as we age: digital innovation for healthy ageing

    This research project tackles the complex problem of how to increase participation in social and cultural life for all as we age which has been shown to make a vital contribution to raising quality of life. The project w...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: University of Bristol

  • Intergenerational co-creation of novel technologies to reconnect digitally excluded people with community & cultural landscapes in coastal economies

    Older people's connection with community, groups and activities in their neighbourhood and the cultural landscape, are essential for social inclusion and healthy ageing. As society becomes ever more digital those exclude...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: Plymouth University

  • Virtual Social Edutainment Platform for Children 7-15 y.o.built on principles of Positive Psychology

    Kidz About is an innovative edutainment platform, developed together with psychologists to empower, engage and inspire children and teenagers from 7 to 16y.o. Kidz About offers a unique mix of stimulating activities to...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: KIDZ ABOUT NETWORK LTD

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