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Lisa Gibbs - Community Connections: How can technology promote social inclusion 2009

Lisa Gibbs - Community Connection. 2010 update

The Screen Stories and Community Connections study is a qualitative project investigating how young people and their families living in outer-urban Melbourne use communication technologies in their everyday lives, and the relationship between social connection and technology for these families living in different settings and socioeconomic circumstances. Using multiple qualitative and participatory methods like online tours, mapping and interviews, we explore the way young people and their families perceive and pursue social connections, and in particular how access to, use of, and experiences with, technologies informs and/or supports these interactions. The study will allow us to develop an understanding of the tools and resources a community needs for safe and effective use of technology to support social inclusion. It will inform the development of a set of principles and desired outcomes to guide implementation of a technologically connected, socially inclusive community at VicUrban’s Cardinia Road neighbourhood development, and in the longer term other VicUrban projects including the Officer development, which involves the creation of a new suburb for up to 15,000 residents. The study will also inform the evolution of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation (AMF) Cybersafety and Wellbeing Campaign, by helping to broaden the focus from schools to the community context, and enabling young people to make informed decisions about interacting positively and safely in their electronic world.

1. Nansen B, Chakraborty K, Gibbs L, Vetere F, and MacDougall C. Children and Digital Wellbeing in Australia: Online Mediation, Conduct and Literacy. Journal of Children and Media. DOI:10.1080/17482798.2011.619548 (Available online 8 Dec 2011) (Click here to access)
   
   
2. Nansen, B, Chakraborty, K, Gibbs, L, Vetere, F, and MacDougall, C. (2012, accepted) ‘You Do the Math’: Mathletics and the Play of Online Learning. New Media & Society.
   
   
3. Nansen, B, Chakraborty, K, Gibbs, L, Vetere, F, MacDougall, C. (2012, accepted) ‘MyBus’: Children’s Mobile Health, Wellbeing and Digital Inclusion. Journal of Community Informatics.
   
   
4. Chakraborty, K, Nansen, B, Gibbs, L, and MacDougall, C. (2012, accepted) Children, ICT and negotiating a rights informed approach to research within Australian academia: Ethics, Methods, Strategies. International Journal of Children’s Rights.