Overview
- Explores communities in positions of inequality in Israel and the West Bank
- Reveals the vital role of ICTs in enabling freedoms and opportunities for marginalized communities
- Implements the capabilities approach to media studies
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities (PSDI)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Media and Technology
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Reviews
"This unique volume provides grounded insights in how a range of technology systems, from broadcasting to social networking platforms, interact with conditions of inequality. A timely and important book, Digital Capabilities introduces populations and environments unknown to many readers: the disenfranchised communities in Israel and the West Bank, including Arab-Israeli teachers, Bedoin journalists, Palestinian activists, ultra-orthodox women, and immigration activists, among others. A product of eight years of research, the research team behind this collection use Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach to produce detailed case studies examining the specific competencies catalyzed by communication technologies. In so doing they make a case for the liberatory potential of media, but also highlight the impediments standing in the way of realizing these communities’ full potential. This book speaks to foundational issues of fairness and media policies that can be life-changing."
Professor Sharon Strover, Philip G. Warner Regents Professor in Communication at the University of Texas at Austin
“The most sustained and impressive application of the capabilityapproach to media and communication that I have yet encountered”
Professor David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Baruch Shomron is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in communication studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on communication rights, media capabilities, media representations, digital divide, and health communication, especially regarding marginalized populations.
Muhammad Abu-Jaffar holds a B.A. in public policy management from Sapir Academic College and an M.A. in communication studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He leadsthe Rotem initiative, which focuses on promoting Bedouin women employment in media-related positions.
Ghalia Abu Kaf is Director of Economic Development at Yanabia, an NGO promoting Bedouin society in the Negev in the fields of education, health, economic development and human capital. She holds a Ph.D. in communication studies, a Master’s in public health and a Bachelor’s degree in social work, all from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Jonathan Mendels is head of knowledge management at the Professional Learning Communities R&D Team at the Mofet Institute and lectures in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He holds a Ph.D. in communication studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on teacher-professional learning methods, digital inequality and digital games.
Shula Mola is a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University (2021-2023). Her research focuses on the preservation of the Ethiopian-Israeli community's history and heritage in a quest to gain recognition for its contribution to Israeli society. Mola holds a Master's degree in education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in communication studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Malka Shacham is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Global Studies (SGS) at Gothenburg University and a former postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Education in Math, Science and Technology at Tel Aviv University. She received her M.A. and her Ph.D. in communication studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Amneh Al Sharha received her Master’s degree in communication studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She completed her undergraduate degree at Hebron University. Sharha currently works as an English teacher in East Jerusalem and as a mentor at Near (TEC4Schools). She also participates regularly in social-political initiatives such as Wings of Hope, Al-Tariq, Lidice House, Europeans for Peace, and ICNC.
Noam Tirosh is a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on the relationship between memory and media and their relation with democracy, justice, and human rights. He holds a Ph.D. in communication studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Capabilities
Book Subtitle: ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank
Authors: Amit Schejter, Baruch Shomron, Muhammad Abu Jafar, Ghalia Abu Kaf, Jonathan Mendels, Shula Mola, Malka Shacham, Amneh Al Sharha, … Noam Tirosh
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22930-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-22929-9Published: 25 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-22932-9Published: 26 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-22930-5Published: 24 April 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-3336
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3344
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 246
Topics: Digital/New Media, Media Policy, Media Policy