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Web Science for Digital Empowerment: WSDC 2021

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Bidisha Chaudhuri,

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WebSci '21 Companion: Companion Publication of the 13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3462741.3466648

Published: 21 June 2021 Publication History

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Digital Capabilities is an emerging term that relates the economic notion of capability with ICT, especially Web and Internet technologies as an enabler. This workshop aims to bring together a disparate and eclectic population of researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to help build this emerging discipline.

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Web Science for Digital Empowerment: WSDC 2021
1. Human-centered computing
2. Social and professional topics

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WebSci '21 Companion: Companion Publication of the 13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021

June 2021

157 pages

ISBN:9781450385251

DOI:10.1145/3462741

Editors:
Oshani Senevirtane
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
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Vivek Singh
Rutgers University, NJ, USA
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Ana Freire
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
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Jar-Der Luo
Tsinghua University, China

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WebSci '21: WebSci '21 13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021

June 21 - 25, 2021

Virtual Event, United Kingdom

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