In the evolving Information Society (IS), the Information Technology (IT) skills are necessary to harness the power of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). The United Nations (UN) estimates that there are about one billion illiterate adults and 2−3 billion technological illiterates in the world. Not surprisingly, a majority of them are from information-poor regions, non-wired soc...

If we study available evidence, the digital divide is closing rapidly. During the last decade, millions of people have gained access to computers every year. Never in the human history there have been so many people with access to computers, digital networks, and electronic communication technologies. Census Bureau's Current Population Surveys indicate that telephone penetration has stabilized ...

Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide by Mark Warschauer This paper examines the concept of a digital divide by introducing problematic examples of community technology projects and analyzing models of technology access. It argues that the concept provides a poor framework for either analysis or policy, and suggests an alternate concept of technology for social inclusion. It then draws on the hi...

Nowadays, Information Society policies have been paying a lot of attention in bridging “Digital Divide” in our country. The gap between people from different socioeconomic backgrounds with regard to their opportunity and ability to access and make use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is commonly regarded as a potential barrier for participation in the information society. ICT...

The authors undertake an exploratory study, in the context of a digitally disadvantaged community in the United States, to determine what factors are associated with e-government website visitation. Following a community-based initiative, designed to stimulate computer literacy and access to information and communication technologies for residents and neighbors of an underserved public housing ...

SPRING 2001 On August 31, 2000, Governor James S. Gilmore proclaimed Virginia the Digital Dominion. With the ambitious goal of making Virginia a model for the rest of the world, the governor is committed to promoting state growth and development through information technology (IT) and to using technology “to break down the barriers that distance people from their government.” Virginia is undoub...

The Internet boosts immeasurably our collective capacity to archive information, search through large quantities of it quickly, and retrieve it rapidly. It is said that the Internet will expand access to education, good jobs, and better health; and that it will create new deliberative spaces for political discussion and provide citizens with direct access to government. In so far as such claims...