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. 2022;9(1):351.
doi: 10.1057/s41599-022-01356-5. Epub 2022 Oct 4.

Visualising key information and communication technologies (ICT) indicators for children and young individuals in Europe

Maria Symeonaki  1 , George Filandrianos  2 , Giorgos Stamou  2
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Visualising key information and communication technologies (ICT) indicators for children and young individuals in Europe

Maria Symeonaki et al. Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 2022.

Abstract

DGmap is an online interactive tool that visualises indicators drawn from large-scale European and international databases reflecting the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) amongst children and young individuals in Europe. A large number of indicators are estimated and visualised on an interactive map revealing convergences and divergences amongst European countries. Apart from its main feature, that of facilitating users to observe discrepancies between countries, the map offers the potentiality of downloading or customising country reports, information concerning the estimation of the indices and their values as spreadsheets, while covering a period from 2015 and onwards. DGmap also allows users to examine the evolution of each indicator through time for each country individually. Thus, the presented tool is a dynamic and constantly updated application that can serve as a major source of information for those interested in the use of digital technologies by children, adolescents, and young people in Europe.

Keywords: Science, technology and society; Social policy; Sociology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Stages of data visualisation and respective steps followed while developing DGMap.
This figure depicts the stages summarised in Fry (2008) while visualising data, i.e., acquire, parse, filter, mine, represent, refine, and interact and the analogous steps followed while visualising data on DGmap.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Main functionalities of DGmap.
This figure expresses the frontend, and the main operations and functionalities of the application.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3. The interconnection between the databases, the indicators and DGmap.
This figure presents the interconnection between the databases, such as the PISA and the ESS databases, the indicators, for example, average time spent on the Internet, and the application.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4. From the databases to DGmap.
In this figure, an example of the process of getting from the databases to DGmap is provided with data downloaded from the PISA 2018 survey in SPSS.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5. ICT interest and ICT confidence, PISA, 2018.
This figure depicts an example of downloading the respective values of ICT interest and ICT confidence from DGMap and producing the respective scatterplot to observe relationships.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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