Mei Lan Fang|Sarah L. Canham|Lupin Battersby|Judith Sixsmith|Mineko Wada|Andrew Sixsmith
Exploring Privilege in the Digital Divide: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice
Fraser Institute|Simon Fraser University|Heriot-Watt University|Simon Fraser University|University of Dundee|Heriot-Watt University|Heriot-Watt University
digital revolution resulted innovative solutions technologies support wellbeing independence health seniors yet notion digital divide presents significant inequities terms accesses benefits digital landscape better understand social structural inequities digital divide realist synthesis conducted inform theoretical understandings information communication technologies icts understand practicalities access use inequities uncover practices facilitate digital literacy participation recommend policies mitigate digital dividea systematic search yielded 55 articles published 2006 2016 synthesis existing knowledge combined userexperience elicited deliberative dialogue session community stakeholders n 35 made visible pattern privilege determined individual agency ict access usethough age consistently centralized key determinant digital divide analyses encompassed van dijks resources appropriation theory intersectionality appraised notion revealed age sole determinant findings highlight role factors contribute digital inequity among communitydwelling middleaged 4564 older 65 adults including education income gender generational statusinformed results realist synthesis guided intersectional perspectives conceptual framework developed outlining implications theory policy practice address wicked problem digital divide