Information Societies or “ICT equipment societies”? Measuring the digital information processing capacity of a society in bits and bytes............................................................... 1 Multiple dimensions of technology diffusion ............................................................. 3 The closing digital equipment divide .....................................................

T digital divide has loomed as a public policy issue for over a decade. Yet, a theoretical account for the effects of the digital divide is currently lacking. This study examines three levels of the digital divide. The digital access divide (the first-level digital divide) is the inequality of access to information technology (IT) in homes and schools. The digital capability divide (the second-...

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 ...

The digital divide refers to inequalities in access to information technology. One of the main reasons why the digital divide is an important issue is that access to information technology has a tremendous impact on people’s ability to acquire knowledge. According to Alvin Goldman (1999), the project of social epistemology is to identify policies and practices that have good epistemic consequen...

A stud y to determine whether there are any significant difTerences in perspectives of IT and business managers wit h regard to the factors which contribute to successfu l strategic ali gnment using Henderson and venkatraman's strategic ali gnment model as the research framework has been rcported .. A general survey was undertaken over a range of industrics and resu lt s indicate th at the two ...

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 ...

Globalization and communication scholars have argued that technology is transforming the ‘‘third sector’’, the set of organizations that are not-for-profit and non-governmental (NGOs). This research examines the local and global linkages among a hyperlink network of 248 HIV/AIDS NGOs. This research examines the north/south NGO divide in the context of these new technology-based associations. Re...

This research examined race and gender differences in the intensity and nature of IT use and whether IT use predicted academic performance. A sample of 515 children (172 African Americans and 343 Caucasian Americans), average age 12 years old, completed surveys as part of their participation in the Children and Technology Project. Findings indicated race and gender differences in the intensity ...

This paper describes an optimization tool-based design strategy for a Current Mode Logic CML divide-by-2 circuit. Representing a building block for output frequency generation in a RFID protocol based-frequency synthesizer, the circuit was designed to minimize the power consumption for driving of multiple loads with unbalancing (at transceiver level). Implemented with XFAB XC08 180 nm technolog...

For almost a decade, governments and organizations have spent resources in an attempt to bridge the digital divide. Many of these efforts have focused on giving access to computers and the Internet. Some even included attempts at computer skills training. (Kirschenbau & Kunamneni 2001). However, skills become obsolete with new technologies. So while specific skills may be helpful, an understand...