Digital inclusion of women in the Spanish policies of the society of the information

Abstract

Our aim is to reveal the different treatments of "digital inclusion of women" present in the Strategic Plans documents related to the Information Society in Spain. The narrative language of these Plans encloses the reality in "frameworks" that configure a concrete content through the selection and preponderance of certain attributes and specific arguments. Our analysis is based on a mixed methodology: a quantitative content analysis and a phenomenographic focus for the interpretation of the different conceptions of digital inclusion. The study analyzes a total of nine Strategic Plans: four of national scope and five of autonomic character. The results show the need to propose specific policies aimed at the digital inclusion of women, since the content of the analyzed plans does not explicitly make them visible being. Terms like "equality" or "women" are sparsely used. The results also urge a review of stereotyped speeches in the drafting of generic plans.