Poverty and Quality of Life in the Digital Era: Interdisciplinary Discussions and Solutions (SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research)

This book proposes new solutions to the problem of poverty, and begins with providing analyses. It bases most of the analyses and solutions in the context of the digital era. The book also follows, in addition to a scientific distribution, a spatial-geographical one: analyses of countries of the European Union as well as South Africa, while it referring to two main variables, television and art, as agents of poverty alleviation. The book places particular focus on how poverty is understood in the framework of Industry 4.0. It introduces a new expanded Multidimensional Poverty Index with more than 20 dimensions; moreover, it provides a mathematically based solution for the disposal of perishable food. Finally, it does not disregard the crucial aspect of the issue of poverty: that of education planning. This book is of interest to specialists in poverty research, from students to professionals and from professors to activists, without excluding engineers. Review Committee Preface Contents Part I: Poverty and Quality of Life in Industry 4.0 Chapter 1: (e)Analysis of Poverty and Quality of Life 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Historic Fauna and Flora of Poverty 1.4 Modern Fauna and Flora of Poverty in the Context of Quality of Life 1.4.1 The ``American Dream ́ ́ and ``Citizen Kane ́ ́ 1.4.2 The Modern (Economic) Environment 1.4.2.1 Industry 4.0 1.4.2.2 Digital Economy 1.4.2.3 Quality of Life 1.5 Main Components of Poverty Formation 1.5.1 Diseases, Epidemics, Viruses 1.5.2 Slavery 1.5.3 Labor 1.6 Measurement of Poverty 1.6.1 The Poorest Countries in the World 1.6.2 The Richest Countries in the World 1.6.3 The Poorest City in the World 1.6.4 The Most Prosperous Cities in the World 1.7 Characteristic Properties of Poverty 1.8 Solutions 1.8.1 Increasing Poverty Dimensions: Multidimensional Poverty Hyper-Index (MPhI) 1.8.2 Methodology of MPhI 1.8.3 MPhI ́s Imaging 1.8.4 Paradoxes of Indexes 1.9 Cybernetical Solutions 1.10 Conclusion References Chapter 2: Redistribution of Perishable Food as a Corporate Social Responsibility Tool That Confronts Poverty 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Poverty Confrontation 2.3 Management of Perishable Products Under a CSR Policy for Poverty Confrontation 2.4 Donation of Perishable Products 2.5 System Description 2.6 Model Development 2.7 Case Study 2.8 Results 2.9 Conclusions References Chapter 3: Digitization and International Development: A Descriptive Analysis of the Networked Readiness Index in Eight Europe... 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Definitions 3.2.1 Poverty 3.2.2 ICTs and Digitization 3.2.3 Digital Divide 3.2.4 Digital Poverty 3.3 The Economic Impact of Digitization 3.4 Descriptive Analysis 3.5 Conclusion References Part II: Poverty, (Digital) Culture and Media Chapter 4: Poverty and Children in South Africa: The Promise of Equality. A Semiotic Analysis 4.1 ntroduction 4.2 UNICEF and the Campaign For Every Child, A Fair Chance 4.3 Basic Concepts of Semiotics 4.4 Methodology 4.4.1 Purpose and Context of the Survey 4.4.2 Stages of the Study 4.4.3 Research Material 4.5 Analysis 4.5.1 Dividing the Video into Narrative Units 4.5.2 Recording the Visual and Verbal Texts of the Video 4.5.2.1 Placement in Space 4.5.2.2 Odwa ́s Life in the Slum 4.5.2.3 The Change: From Gang to School 4.5.2.4 Graduation 4.5.3 Isotopic Analysis of the Video 4.5.4 Understanding the Deep Structures of Significance of the Video 4.5.5 The External Context and Advertising Situation 4.5.5.1 UNICEF Basic Mission Analysis 4.5.5.2 Analysis of the Title of the Advertising Campaign 4.5.5.3 The Advertising Situation 4.6 Conclusion References Chapter 5: ow Digital Poverty Affects Television Viewing Habits 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Digital Poverty: A New Kind of Information Poverty in the Twenty-first Century 5.3 Digital and Media Literacy: Tools for Social Inclusion 5.4 The New Generation of TV Viewers 5.5 Viewers in Danger of Digital Poverty: Young Roma People of Dendropotamos Settlement 5.6 Methodology: Research Questions 5.7 Findings 5.7.1 Always ON 5.7.2 Not Fans of Traditional TV 5.7.3 Addicted to Smartphone 5.7.4 YouTube Lovers 5.7.5 Alone and Demanding Viewers 5.7.6 Traditional TV Viewing as a Family Experience 5.7.7 Not Pay TV Viewers 5.8 Conclusions 5.9 Discussion: Proposals 5.10 Study Limitations References Part III: Interdisciplinary Poverty Chapter 6: Embracing Poverty with Lifelong Learning 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Poverty and Its Influence on Social and Educational Exclusion 6.2.1 Different Approaches and Types of Poverty 6.2.2 Poverty and Social Exclusion 6.2.3 Poverty as a Threat for Educational Exclusion 6.3 The Impact and the Value of Lifelong Learning on Poverty 6.3.1 Identity and Social Status of the Poor People 6.3.2 Poverty and Lifelong Learning 6.3.2.1 Exculpation 6.3.2.2 Self-compassion 6.3.2.3 Social Resilience 6.3.2.4 Risk-Taking 6.4 Contributions and Limitations of This Study 6.5 Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research References Chapter 7: Art as a Tool of Tackling Poverty and Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups 7.1 Introduction 7.1.1 Issues in Tackling Social Exclusion and Promoting the Employment of Special Groups at Local Level 7.2 Main Factors/Processes that Lead Different Categories of People to Social Exclusion 7.2.1 From Cultural to Creative: Creative Cities and Creative Order (1990s to Present) 7.3 Actions Involved in the Art of Tackling Poverty and Integrating Socially Vulnerable Groups into Modern Times 7.4 Prospects for Improvement 7.5 Conclusion References Index