Sometimes I think we spend too much energy debating definitions rather than addressing the real issues. Instead of endlessly arguing over what exactly counts as ‘digital literacy,’ we could establish broad boundaries of what it is and isn’t, and then focus our efforts on tackling the social, cultural, and access issues that matter. It reminds me of how sustainability debates often get stuck on pinning down the ‘perfect’ definition while urgent environmental and ethical problems go unresolved.

I agree - digital literacy is more than just understanding how technologies work or navigating the digital landscape. It’s shaped by socio-economic, political, cultural, and societal factors that determine who even gets the chance to engage with digital tools. Opportunities to become digitally literate are unevenly distributed, and if we only focus on how to become digitally literate without addressing who has access to those opportunities, the divide between the digitally included and excluded will only deepen. How soceity will evolve as a whole will very much be influenced by how this divide is addressed!