Considering the proliferation of information technology (IT), growing IT divides are still proven to exist today. Although some argue the broadband technology could be the platform for universal ubiquity, the benefits are still debatable for municipalities providing access. The authors discuss how public officials have decided to lead, support and usher in an era of rapid IT development by way ...

Little data is available about East-European countries on Internet adoption and gender digital divide issues. Romania is a good case study given its past communist history and current developments, as well as Internet penetration. Students are the focus of the present research as they might provide the basis for further evolution trends. The results of a 275subject research questionnaire indica...

In the past few years, concepts of the digital divide and theories of access to ICT have evolved beyond a focus on the separation of the “haves” and the “have nots” to include more than just physical access to computers. Researchers have started considering the conditions or criteria for access and broadened the concept by including additional components. Terms such as “real access”, “thick con...

According to ITU (2012), digital divide is the difference between countries in terms of levels of ICT development. This difference remains significant. In 2011, the ICT Development Index (IDI) value of developed countries (6.52) was twice as high as that of developing countries (3.24). The need to link the digital divide for universal broadband Internet access is within the key international de...

The environment for networked readiness has improved relatively rapidly in most urban areas in Africa. Five years ago, only a handful of countries had local Internet access or mobile telephones; now, devices and access are available in virtually every major city. Hundreds of new radio stations and newspapers have been licensed over the last few years and digital satellite television has also be...

* We thank the NET Institute (www.N Administration at California State financial support. We are also indeb Jake Kendall for significant contributi This paper replaces earlier work with t and the Digital Divide in Rural South A * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ1 83 5077. E-mail address: [email protected] 0970-3896 a 2011 Indian Institute of rights reserved. Peer-review under res of Management Bang...

Digital divide is a popular metaphor used to describe the social and territorial differences in the adoption of the Internet. While some regard the divide as a transitory phenomenon, others ask for political measures to overcome the divide. In this article the phenomenon is examined from a macro perspective, a micro/meso perspective and with a look at the evolving topology of the Internet. Usua...

The digital divide can be understood as inequalities in four successive types of access: motivation, physical access, digital skills and different usage. It is claimed that the divide has shifted from the first to the last-called types of access in the last ten years. The current, mainly European situation of all four access types is amply described. This is done against the explanatory backgro...

It is becoming evident that a “digital divide” is developing between those who are in a position to take advantage of information technology (IT) enabled opportunities and those who are not. This disadvantage can be caused by the lack of access to information and communication technologies (ICT) or by the lack of skills, experience, motivation, support and awareness that are necessary for makin...

This paper examines the developmental divide manifested in the digital divide between the North and the South and indeed within regions and countries. We suggest that the most fundamental problem preventing a reversal of the divide is access, exacerbated by the widespread low levels of skills and knowledge in poor countries. In addition, industry stands to lose considerable benefit from the poo...