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About the author and department
Personal webpage:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/WhosWho/AcademicStaff/EllenHelsper.aspx
Media and Communications Department:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/Home.aspx
Relevant research
Livingstone, S. and Helsper, E. (2007). Gradations in digital inclusion: children, young people and the digital divide. New Media & Society, 9(4): 671-696. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/2768/
Helsper, E.J. (2010). Gendered internet use across generations and life stages. Communication Research, 37(3), 352-374. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/28401/
Helsper, E.J. & Eynon, R. (2010). Digital natives: Where is the evidence? British Educational Research Journal, 36(3), 503 – 520. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/27739/
Eynon, R. & Helsper, E.J. (2011) Adults learning online: Digital choice and/or digital exclusion? New Media & Society, 13(4), 534-551. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/36969/
Helsper, E.J. (2012). A corresponding fields model of digital inclusion. Communication Theory, 22(4), 403-426. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/45013/
Helsper, E.J. & Reisdorf, B. (2013). A quantitative examination of explanations for reasons for internet nonuse. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16 (2). pp. 94-99. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/49171/
Helsper, E.J. & Eynon, R. (2013). Distinct skill pathways to digital engagement. European Journal of Communication, 28 (6). pp. 696-713. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51248/
Van Deursen, Alexander J.A.M., Helsper, Ellen and Eynon, Rebecca (2014) Measuring digital skills: from digital skills to tangible outcomes. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/59996/ http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/pdf/From-digital-skills-to-tangible-outcomes/Measuring-Digital-Skills.pdf
Helsper, E.J., van Deursen, A.J. A. M. and Eynon, R. (2015) Tangible outcomes of Internet use: from digital skills to tangible outcomes project report. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61807/ http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/pdf/From-digital-skills-to-tangible-outcomes/Tangible-Outcomes-of-Internet-Use.pdf
Van Deursen, A.J.A.M., Helsper, E.J. and Eynon, R. (2015) Development and validation of the internet skills scale (ISS). Information, Communication and Society. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/64485
Van Deursen, A.J.A.M. and Helsper, E. (2015) A nuanced understanding of Internet use and non-use among the elderly. European Journal of Communication, 30 (2). pp. 171-187. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/59995/
Eynon, Rebecca and Helsper, Ellen (2015) Family dynamics and internet use in Britain: what role do children play in adults' engagement with the internet? Information, Communication & Society, 18 (2). pp. 156-171. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/59267/
Evidence of impact
United Kingdom
Helsper, E.J. Digital Inclusion: An Analysis of Social Disadvantage and the Information Society, Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2008
Helsper, E.J. and Godoy-Etcheverry, S. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: The Long Tail of Digital Exclusion — A Comparison Between the UK and Chile, The Conference Board, July 2011: https://www.conference-board.org/publications/publicationdetail.cfm?publicationid=1985
Helsper, Ellen (2011) The emergence of a digital underclass: digital policies in the UK and evidence for inclusion. LSE Media Policy Project Series, Broughton Micova, Sally, Sujon, Zoetanya and Tambini, Damian (eds.) Media Policy Brief 3. Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/38615/
‘Digital underclass emerges in the UK’, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, 26 July 2011: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2011/07/26/digital-underclass-emerges-in-the-uk/
Helsper’s research is cited 13 times in A. Geniets and R. Eynon, Breaking out or breaking off? Discontinued internet use of young people in the UK: A literature review, Nominet Trust, November 2011:http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/LapsedUsersLitReview_Geniets_Eynon.pdf
Helsper, E.J. Digital by default and the risk of excluding older people, London Age, Age UK, Spring 2013, pp.4-5:
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/brandpartnerglobal/londonvpp/documents/idbb2578%20london%20age%20spring%202013%20web.pdf
Helsper’s research is cited in S. Easton, Community Learning and Digital Inclusion, NIACE, 2014
Technical Annex ‘Heatmap of Exclusion in a Digital UK’ Metric construction:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/pdf/From-digital-skills-to-tangible-outcomes/Technical-annex-Go-On-Digital-Exclusion.pdf
Digital Exclusion Heatmap, Go ON UK, October 2015: http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2015/10/DigitalHeatmap.aspx
http://www.go-on.co.uk/resources/heatmap/
From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes project:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/From-digital-skills-to-tangible-outcomes.aspx
Europe
Presentation at Expert Workshop on “The Paradoxes of ICTs and Social Inclusion: Do ICTs increase Opportunities for Young People at Risk?”, 1-2 December 2010, Brussels Agenda: http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/eInclusion/youthpastrisk.html
Presentation titled ‘ICTs and Youth at Risk: Linking practices with policies’: http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/documents/HELSPERICTsandYouthatRiskbrusselsDecember3rd.pdf
Presentation as invited expert at the Institute for Prospective Technology Studies (IPTS), 3-4 May 2012, Seville, titled ‘Conceptualising ICT for inclusion: How can we assess the value and impact of intermediaries’:
http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/eInclusion/documents/Helsper-ConceptualizingICTforinclusion_EHIPTSSevilleMay2_3_WEB.pdf
Helsper, E.J. (2014) Synthesis report: Harnessing ICT for social action - a digital volunteering programme. Expert Peer Review on European Digital Inclusion Policies for the European Commission. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=12437&langId=en
Helsper, E.J. (2014) Digital Inclusion in Europe: Evaluating Policy and Practice: Expert Peer Review on European Digital Inclusion Policies for the European Commission. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=11614&langId=en
Helsper is cited multiple times in G. Misuraca, C. Centeno, and C. Torrecillas, Measuring the Impact of eInclusion Actors: Impact Assessment Framework (JRC Science and Policy Reports), 2014:
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/measuring-impact-einclusion-actors-impact-assessment-framework-main-report?search
‘Measuring inequalities in a digital Britain’, Media Policy Project Blog, LSE, 19 October 2015:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/10/19/measuring-inequalities-in-a-digital-britain/
Presentation at a session on ‘Delivering digital skills and learning’, Digital Assembly 2015, held by Digital Agenda for Europe, 21 October 2015:
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/events/cf/ict2015/item-display.cfm?id=15126#feature-1283
Relevant video and audio
‘Digital inclusion: by default or intervention?’, Digidel2013 at Internetdagarna Forum, Stockholm, 23 November 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCVgUjjCOY
‘What works for whom under which circumstances?, Delivering digital skills and learning, ICT 2015:
http://ict15.youonlive.com/vod/Tm1SbE5HTXhaaTFtWTJGak1Ua3dZemt3WmpKbFpqaG1Oell6WTE5alpEWTFPV0U0TmpBMlpqQTROVGszWm1Vek0yUXhPVEl3T1dReVlqbGxNbDh3WHpGZk5WOHlNZz09/