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Research papers on The digital divide

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1. Digital Divide

   Pippa Norris · 2001 · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2,828 citations

   There is widespread concern that the growth of the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that repr

2. Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation

   Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, Ramona McNeal · 2007 · 737 citations

   This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and income and civic participation and voting. Just as education has promoted democracy and economic growth, the Internet has the potential to benefit society as a whole. Digital citizenship, or the ability to participate in society online, promotes social inclusion. But statistics show that significant segments of the population are still excluded from digital citizenship. The authors of this book define digital citizens as those who are online daily. By focusing on frequent use, they reconceptualize debates about the digital divide to inclu

3. From internet access to internet skills: digital inequality among older adults

   Eszter Hargittai, Anne Marie Piper, Meredith Ringel Morris · 2019 · Universal Access in the Information Society · 475 citations

4. Digital Disparities

   Ophelia T. Morey · 2007 · Journal of Consumer Health On the Internet · 19 citations