Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society

Title......Page 2
Dedication......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 9
Foreword......Page 29
Foreword......Page 31
Preface......Page 33
Acknowledgment......Page 37
Beyond Digital Divide: Toward an Agenda for Change......Page 40
The Digital Divide, Framing and Mapping the Phenomenon......Page 60
Policy as a Bridge across the Global Digital Divide......Page 79
The Evolution of the Digital Divide across Developing Countries: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Investigation......Page 97
Digital Divide in Turkey: A General Assessment......Page 114
Bridging the Digital Divide in Australia: The Potential Implications for the Mental Health of Young People Experiencing Marginalisation......Page 129
The Digital Divide in the U.S. in the 21st Century......Page 151
Beyond the Digital Divide: Closing the Generation and Disability Gaps?......Page 172
Teleworking and the “Disability Divide”......Page 194
The Digital Divide and the Emerging Virtual Therapeutic System......Page 218
Generation, Education, Gender, and Ethnicity in American Digital Divides......Page 235
The Digital Divides in the U.S.: Access, Broadband, and Nature of Internet Use......Page 262
Does the Digital Divide Extend to Minority- and Women-Owned Small Businesses?......Page 278
The Internet, Black Identity, and the Evolving Discourse of the Digital Divide......Page 299
Inequalities of Digital Skills and How to Overcome Them......Page 317
Late on the Curve: Causes and Consequences of Differences in Digital Skills......Page 331
The Digital Divide among the Incarcerated Women in the United States: A Case Study from New Jersey......Page 348
Information Literacy and the Digital Divide: Challenging e-Exclusionin the Global South......Page 365
Connection Disparities: The Importance of Broadband Connections in Understanding Today’s Digital Divide......Page 385
Broadband in America: A Policy of Neglect is Not Benign......Page 398
Digital Divide and Rural Communities: Practical Solutions and Policies......Page 425
Public Policies for Broadband Development in the European Union: New Trends for Universalisation of Services......Page 448
Solving the Paradoxes of the Information Technology Revolution: Productivity and Inequality......Page 462
Shifting Focus from Access to Impact: Can Computers Alleviate Poverty?......Page 478
Mobiles for Development: The Case of M-Banking......Page 506
The Influence of Time on Transactional Use of the Internet: Buying, Banking, and Investing Online......Page 527
Beyond the Online Transaction: Enhancement of Citizen Participation via the Web in Ontario Provincial Government......Page 539
Accountability and Information Technology Enactment: Implications for Social Empowerment......Page 554
From Inclusive Spaces to Inclusionary Texts: How E-Participation Can Help Overcome Social Exclusion......Page 572
Online Participation and Digital Divide: An Empirical Evaluation of U.S. Midwestern Municipalities......Page 588
Bridging the Gap between Citizens and Decision-Makers: Are ICTs the Appropriate Means for Reconfiguring Traditional Notions of Citizenship and Participation in Public Affairs?......Page 612
From the Digital Divide to Multiple Divides:Technology, Society, and New Media Skills......Page 627
A Human Factors View of the Digital Divide......Page 645
Conceptualizing a Contextual Measurement for Digital Divide/s: Using an Integrated Narrative......Page 669
The Empirics of the Digital Divide: Can Duration Analysis Help?......Page 684
Compilation of References......Page 705
About the Contributors......Page 778
Index......Page 794