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Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide

By Pippa Norris

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521002230, 9780521002233
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
42 MB (44560233 bytes)
Series
Communication, Society and Politics
Pages
320\161
Time added
2013-11-23 14:47:22

Description

There is widespread concern that the explosive growth of the Internet is exacerbating existing inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide sets out to examine the evidence for access and use of the Internet in 179 nations across the world. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. And within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage, mobilize and participate in public life.

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