Marginalized communities, emerging technologies, and social innovation in the digital age: Introduction to the special issue

摘要

The articles presented in this issue give us a diverse and interesting snapshot of the field, which promotes theoretical and methodological advances and contributions to this important area of study. Future research needs to consider the following issues: 1.The definitions of marginalized groups, vulnerable groups, and other related groups, as well as their similarities and differences in the digital age. 2.How emerging technologies and social innovations mitigate existing challenges or introduce new challenges for marginalized/ vulnerable groups in the digital age, 3.How to develop new theoretical frameworks to guide research on marginalized/vulnerable groups in the digital age, and 4.How to apply new methods to investigate unique information searching and sharing behaviors of the marginalized and vulnerable groups in the digital age.