Digital Divide
Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Series: Communication, Society and Politics;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 24 September 2001
- ISBN 9780521002233
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 229x153x23 mm
- Weight 435 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 37 b/w illus. 2 maps 42 tables 0
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Short description:
There is widespread concern that the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor.
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There is widespread concern that the growth of the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that representative institutions have responded to new opportunities on the Internet. Part III analyzes how the public has responded to these opportunities in Europe and the United States and develops the civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet.
'Norris's worldwide comparison of 179 countries' national and political context of Internet access and use is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the problem of the digital divide because it blends together the economic aspect with socioeconomic and democratic development with a systematic framework.' Prometheus
Table of Contents:
Part I. Introductory Framework: 1. The digital divide; 2. Understanding the digital divide: wired world; 3. Social inequalities; Part II. The Virtual Political System: 4. Theories of digital democracy; 5. e-governance; 6. Online parliaments; 7. Virtual parties; 8. Civic society; Part III. The Democratic Divide: 9. Cyberculture; 10. Digital engagement; 11. Conclusions: promoting digital democracy.
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