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Conceptualising the digital divide [PDF]
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
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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
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Comprehending the Digital Disparities in Africa [PDF]
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
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The Digital Divide in Canada and the Role of LEO Satellites in Bridging the Gap [PDF]
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
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Profiling the digital divide of the elderly based on Internet big data: evidence from China
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
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The Digital Divide Is a Human Rights Issue: Advancing Social Inclusion Through Social Work Advocacy
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
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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
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Gender Digital Divide and Education in Latin America: A Literature Review
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
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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
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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
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