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Conceptualising the digital divide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The term “digital divide” emerged in the 1990s to define inequalities in access to the Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), framing it as a matter of having or not having access to ICTs (Compaine 2001).
Ragnedda, Massimo
core   +2 more sources

Rapid Transition to Telehealth and the Digital Divide: Implications for Primary Care Access and Equity in a Post‐COVID Era

open access: yesMilbank Quarterly, 2021
Policy Points Telehealth has many potential advantages during an infectious disease outbreak such as the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the COVID‐19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to telehealth as a prominent care delivery mode. Not all health care providers
J. Chang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comprehending the Digital Disparities in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The digital divide has a significant impact on the ways in which information across Africa is developed, shared, and perceived. This opening chapter seeks to analyse the problems and opportunities associated with the ubiquitous digital revolution ...
Mutsvairo, Bruce, Ragnedda, Massimo
core   +2 more sources

The Digital Divide in Canada and the Role of LEO Satellites in Bridging the Gap [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Communications Magazine, 2022
Overcoming the digital divide in rural and remote areas has always been a big challenge for Canada with its huge geographical area. In 2016, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced broadband Internet as a basic service ...
Tuheen Ahmmed   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Profiling the digital divide of the elderly based on Internet big data: evidence from China

open access: yesData Science and Management, 2021
The integrated development of population aging and digital information age has brought an insurmountable “digital divide” to the elderly. We propose a method to profile the digital divide of the elderly by text mining, Baidu index and principal component
Ziqi Yuan, Guozhu Jia
doaj   +1 more source

The Digital Divide Is a Human Rights Issue: Advancing Social Inclusion Through Social Work Advocacy

open access: yesJournal of Human Rights and Social Work, 2021
The role of technology and importance of access to high-speed broadband has become glaringly obvious during the COVID-19 pandemic. High-speed Internet is a tool people rely upon to conduct the daily business of their life and interact with each other ...
Cynthia K. Sanders, Edward Scanlon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bridging the Digital Divide Creating Digital Dividend - The Investigation in Guizhou Province and the Analysis of GZNW

open access: yesData Science Journal, 2007
This article begins with attention to the digital divide. It gives a brief overview of the digital divide on a global basis and analyzes specific aspects of the digital divide in our country.
Linbo Jing
doaj   +1 more source

Gender Digital Divide and Education in Latin America: A Literature Review

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2021
Gender equity in education is one of the main targets for social justice and sustainable development. This literature review, from a gender approach, was conducted to understand how the gender digital divide (GDD) in information and communication ...
Ana Ancheta-Arrabal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From digital divide to digital capital: the role of education and digital skills in social media participation

open access: yesUniversal Access in the Information Society, 2023
Social media platforms have become significant media for participating in society. This, and society’s digitalization overall, has resulted in concerns regarding access and inclusion.
Robin Lybeck, Ilkka Koiranen, A. Koivula
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Research on the influence mechanism and governance mechanism of digital divide for the elderly on wisdom healthcare: The role of artificial intelligence and big data

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
With the rapid development of digital information technology, life has become more convenient for people; however, the digital divide for the elderly was even more serious, so they became a forgotten group in the internet age over time. Residents' demand
Jian Zhou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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