Africa and the digital divide Export

@article{citeulike:2834773, abstract = {The digital divide is a phenomenon linked not only to the topic of access to the Internet, but also to the one of usage and usage benefit. In this paper we take a look at the global digital divide concerning Africa, we analyze the situation with the help of macro-data and by discussing specific examples (Ghana, South Africa). We also address suggestions that have been made for closing the global digital divide and point out that such solutions require more fundamental changes of society and cannot be achieved by technology alone.}, author = {Fuchs, Christian and Horak, Eva}, citeulike-article-id = {2834773}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1347657}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2006.06.004}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1H-4KJ0FDW-1/1/09beb00d9d8992072a16a41983c7d50a}, doi = {10.1016/j.tele.2006.06.004}, journal = {Telematics and Informatics}, keywords = {africa, communication, digital, divide, divide-digital, ict, network}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {99--116}, posted-at = {2009-10-18 19:06:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Africa and the digital divide}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2006.06.004}, volume = {25}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2834773 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2834773 N2 - The digital divide is a phenomenon linked not only to the topic of access to the Internet, but also to the one of usage and usage benefit. In this paper we take a look at the global digital divide concerning Africa, we analyze the situation with the help of macro-data and by discussing specific examples (Ghana, South Africa). We also address suggestions that have been made for closing the global digital divide and point out that such solutions require more fundamental changes of society and cannot be achieved by technology alone. IS - 2 JF - Telematics and Informatics EP - 116 TI - Africa and the digital divide VL - 25 SP - 99 KW - africa KW - communication KW - digital KW - divide KW - divide-digital KW - ict KW - network AU - Fuchs, Christian AU - Horak, Eva PY - 2008/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2006.06.004 ER -