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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 315-326 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Information society |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
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Keywords
- Information Inequality
- Information Society
- Network Society
- Digital Divide
- Digital Skills
- S-curve Of Adoption
- Usage Gap
- Usage Of Information Technology
- Knowledge Gap
- Policies Of Information Equality
- METIS-213336
- IR-58689
- Access To Information Technology
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The digital divide as a complex and dynamic phenomenon. / van Dijk, Johannes A.G.M.; Hacker, Kenneth.
In: Information society, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2003, p. 315-326.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - The digital divide as a complex and dynamic phenomenon
AU - van Dijk, Johannes A.G.M.
AU - Hacker, Kenneth
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The purpose of this article is to propose a fruitful analytical framework for data supposedly related to the concept of the socalled “digital divide.” The extent and the nature of this divide depend on the kind of access defined. Considering the possession of hardware, growing divides among different categories of income, employment, education, age, and ethnicity can be proved to have existed in the 1980s and 1990s according to official American and Dutch statistics. If only by effects of saturation, these gaps will more or less close. However, it is shown that differential access of skills and usage is likely to increase. The growth of a usage gap is projected. Multivariate analyses of Dutch official statistics reveal the striking effect of age and gender as compared to education. The usage gap is related to the evolution of the information and network society. Finally, policy perspectives are discussed.
AB - The purpose of this article is to propose a fruitful analytical framework for data supposedly related to the concept of the socalled “digital divide.” The extent and the nature of this divide depend on the kind of access defined. Considering the possession of hardware, growing divides among different categories of income, employment, education, age, and ethnicity can be proved to have existed in the 1980s and 1990s according to official American and Dutch statistics. If only by effects of saturation, these gaps will more or less close. However, it is shown that differential access of skills and usage is likely to increase. The growth of a usage gap is projected. Multivariate analyses of Dutch official statistics reveal the striking effect of age and gender as compared to education. The usage gap is related to the evolution of the information and network society. Finally, policy perspectives are discussed.
KW - Information Inequality
KW - Information Society
KW - Network Society
KW - Digital Divide
KW - Digital Skills
KW - S-curve Of Adoption
KW - Usage Gap
KW - Usage Of Information Technology
KW - Knowledge Gap
KW - Policies Of Information Equality
KW - METIS-213336
KW - IR-58689
KW - Access To Information Technology
U2 - 10.1080/01972240309487
DO - 10.1080/01972240309487
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 315
EP - 326
JO - Information society
JF - Information society
SN - 0197-2243
IS - 4
ER -