The Access Rainbow: Conceptualizing Universal Access to the Information/ Communications Infrastructure
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Copyright © 2000, Idea Group Publishing. This paper presents the Access Rainbow, a seven-layer conceptual model of access to the information/communications infrastructure intended to strengthen public interest perspectives in current ‘information highway’ policy discussions. In particular, it aims to provide the basis for a workable definition of ‘universal access’ and point to concrete steps for achieving this ideal.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000