The Tech Shock podcast – the minimum digital living standard
“One of the many challenges of the digital world is that it changes all the time [...] what happens next?”
A ‘minimum digital living standard’ refers to a level of digital skills and access to tech required for someone to meet their basic needs – not just their ‘nice-to-haves’.
In theory, meeting this benchmark allows someone to communicate and connect with others, and to properly (and safely) engage with opportunities and services. In other words, to avoid being digitally excluded.
As Tech Shock returns for season 8, Vicki is joined by Dr Emma Stone, director of evidence and engagement at the Good Things Foundation; professor of Digital Culture Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, Simeon Yates; and Dr Chloe Blackwell from the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University.
Together, they look at how a minimum digital living standard might be measured – and used – in practice.
You can listen to the episode in full, here.
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