Book Review: The digital divide
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Perhaps because by the 2010s four in five people were using Internet many regions of world, digital divide appeared fixed. This book, however, is a reminder continued social relevance inequalities access to, use of, and outcomes information communication technologies – ‘the problem only starts when everybody has computer, smartphone or connection!’ (p. 47, emphasis original). The Digital Divide next line series impactful book-length treatments subject Pippa Norris (2001), Mark Warschauer (2003), Jan Van Dijk (2005), James Witte Susan Mannon (2010). Dijk’s overarching, empirically well-founded diagnosis that reflects often reinforces inequality.
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عنوان ژورنال: New Media & Society
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1461-4448', '1461-7315']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444821999818