This issue discusses how digital mobile practices can be described, framed and researched through the mobility of people, data and devices.
The issue examines inequalities and divides in digital cultures, starting from three themes: inequality of access; inequality by design and discursive divides; and inequality by algorithms.
This issue discusses theoretical and artistic investigations on citizen engagement, digital citizenship and grassroots information politics.
Specific case studies explore how big data have been used in academic work.The Big Data Agenda concludes that the use of big data in research urgently needs to be considered from the vantage point of ethics and social justice.