The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and
public health challenges we face today. This is the first book to articulate a critical response …

We now live in a digital society. New digital technologies have had a profound influence on
everyday life, social relations, government, commerce, the economy and the production and …

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings
of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our …

While the digital inequality literature has considered differences in the online experiences of
many population segments, relatively little work has examined how people with disabilities …

Discussions of digital health technologies in the popular media and the medical and public
health academic literature frequently comment on how these technologies might offer new or …

An online focus group was used to investigate the experiences of nine individuals with
cerebral palsy who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and social …

Increasing numbers of older adults are now using computers and going online. Yet, certain
disabilities that are acquired later in life, such as severe vision impairments, make it difficult …

Technology is integral to the lives of youth who, as digital citizens, use technology to
participate in social and civic action to improve their communities. Using a digital citizenship …

Social media constitutes a group of online applications that encourages users to create
content and interact with one another. Examples include blogs, social and professional …

Social media is used for civic engagement and building social inclusion. Twitter is one social
media tool that facilitates conversations on important societal events. A digital divide …