1. Inclusion, exclusion and social
media: IT-based initiatives
and future opportunities!
Lore Dupont
dr. Karin Slegers
prof. dr. Dirk De Grooff!
July 17, 2011!
2.
3. EMSOC - inclusion!
!Inclusion – media literacy – privacy !
!How can we approach the inclusion of
vulnerable groups and individuals using
a bottom-up strategy, hereby actively
involving these vulnerable groups?!
7. Increasing
skills
Providing
Digitalising
access
to
content
computer/
internet
Adap9ng
to
personal
Coopera9on
wants
&
with
others
needs
Objec&ves
Increasing
Changing
visibility
a<tudes
Promo9ng
Providing
a
accesible
Incorpora9ng
sense
of
e-‐Govern-‐
social
media
belonging
ment
9. Conclusions – issues
!
• Added value !
• Communication & dissemination!
o Results & evaluations!
• Towards a bottom-up approach?!
• Decentralisation!
• Project-based funding !
10. Conclusions
!
• Classic social media initiatives!
o Numbers !
o More similarities than differences!
o Possibilities?!
Source: http://www.wijzijnblits.nl/blits/
social-media-voor-ons-bedrijf/!
Source: http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/
stock-tincans.jpg!
11. Dilemmas
!
1
Strictly bottom-up !
vs.
!
guided bottom-up?!
2
Vulnerable groups
for exclusion?!
Source: http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/characters/mysterion!