Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide

Technology and Social Inclusion. Rethinking the Digital Divide

technology and social inclusion rethinking the digital divide What to say and what to do when mostly your friends love reading? Are you the one that don't have such hobby? So, it's important for you to start having that hobby. You know, reading is not the force. We're sure that reading will lead you to join in better concept of life. Reading will be a positive activity to do every time. And do ...

The Digital Divide and Social Inclusion

Rethinking the Digital Divide

T he contrast between the egalitarian ideals of many netizens, who see cyberspace as a radically democratizing environment , and the real limitations of access for most of the world continues to haunt the Net. In many ways, the domination of information technology has reinvigorated hierarchies of power, concentrating resources in the First World and contributing to the widening global economic ...

Rethinking the Digital Divide

In discussing and planning interventions around the “digital divide” people tend to think in terms of the binary oppositions of “digital-haves” and “digital-have-nots”. Information and communications technologies (ICT) programs sponsored by governments and other agencies to address the “digital divide” also tend to be “topdown” initiatives that focus on the provision of institutional aid and th...

Digital Divide, Social Divide, Paradigmatic Divide

The digital divide is nothing else than the reflection of the social divide in the digital world. The use of ICT for human development does offer opportunities to reduce the social divide for individual beings or communities; yet there exists a series of obstacles to overcome. The very existence of an infrastructure for connectivity is only the first obstacle, although it often receives an excl...