Digital Technologies and Marginalized Youth

Marginalization threatens basic issues of fairness and equal opportunity for a significant portion of children around the n this extended abstract, we frame the problem of marginalization in light of new economic forces and the increasingly ubiquitous role of digital technologies. We then summarize the contributions to the IDC 2010 workshop on Digital Technologies and Marginalized Youth. We conclude by discussing research trends and identifying challenges for future research. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces - Evaluation/Methodology, User-centered design. K.4.2 [Computers and Society]: Social Issues. K.3.1 [Computers and Education]: Computer Uses in Education. General Terms Human Factors, Design. Keywords Children, marginalized youth, digital divide, developing regions, remote regions.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ACMIDC
• Authors: Juan Pablo Hourcade, Natasha E. Bullock-Rest, Heidi Schelhowe
• Keywords: ACMIDC 2010, Digital Technologies, Human Computer Interaction, Marginalization, Marginalized Youth