The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon Export

@article{citeulike:3104204, abstract = {The purpose of this article is to propose a fruitful analytical framework for data supposedly related to the concept of the so-called "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.}, author = {van Dijk, Jan and Hacker, Kenneth}, citeulike-article-id = {3104204}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972240309487}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.gw.utwente.nl/vandijk/research/digital_divide/Digital_Divide_overigen/pdf_digitaldivide_website.pdf}, doi = {10.1080/01972240309487}, journal = {The Information Society: An International Journal}, keywords = {analysis, complexity, digital, digital-divide, divide, dynamics, multivariate, netherlands, statistics, usa}, month = {June}, number = {4}, pages = {315--326}, posted-at = {2009-10-18 18:04:41}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972240309487}, volume = {19}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3104204 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3104204 N2 - The purpose of this article is to propose a fruitful analytical framework for data supposedly related to the concept of the so-called "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. IS - 4 JF - The Information Society: An International Journal EP - 326 TI - The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon PB - Routledge VL - 19 SP - 315 KW - analysis KW - complexity KW - digital KW - digital-divide KW - divide KW - dynamics KW - multivariate KW - netherlands KW - statistics KW - usa AU - van Dijk, Jan AU - Hacker, Kenneth PY - 2003/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972240309487 ER -