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The digital divide

Title
The digital divide / Jan van Dijk.
Author
Dijk, Jan van, 1952-
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020.

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Book/textUse in library JFE 20-5318Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Subject
  • Digital divide
  • Computer literacy
  • Internet literacy
  • Equality
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
What is the digital divide? -- Research into and theory of the digital divide -- Motivation and attitude -- Physical access -- Digital and twenty-first-century skills -- Usage inequality -- Outcomes -- Social and digital inequality -- Solutions to mitigate the digital divide.
Call Number
JFE 20-5318
ISBN
  • 9781509534449
  • 150953444X
  • 9781509534456
  • 1509534458
  • 9781509534463 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019023991
OCLC
1105751497
Author
Dijk, Jan van, 1952- author.
Title
The digital divide / Jan van Dijk.
Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020.
Description
vi, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"Contrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the 'digital divide' has persisted for close to twenty-five years. Jan van Dijk considers the state of digital inequality and what we can do to tackle it"-- Provided by publisher.
Other Form:
Online version: Dijk, Jan van, 1952- The digital divide Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2019. 9781509534463 (DLC) 2019023992
Research Call Number
JFE 20-5318
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