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The second-level digital divide, also referred to as the production gap, describes the gap that separates the consumers of content on the Internet from the producers of content. [131] As the technological digital divide is decreasing between those with access to the Internet and those without, the meaning of the term digital divide is evolving ...
Education is a key aspect of digital inclusion as digital technologies have become a key means of engaging with all levels of the education system, requiring levels of digital competence for successful engagement with the curriculum. [6] In addition lifelong learning is required as technologies, services and systems are changing constantly.
The global digital divide is a special case of the digital divide; the focus is set on the fact that "Internet has developed unevenly throughout the world" [14]: 681 causing some countries to fall behind in technology, education, labor, democracy, and tourism.
The digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies (ICT). [1] Factors causing the divide can vary depending on the country and culture, as can the potential solutions for minimizing or closing the divide.
Meaningful broadband is an ethics-driven framework for closing the digital divide in Asia. [1] It has been adopted by Indonesia and Thailand, and it has influenced other Asian nations.
A digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies (ICT). [13] The divide within countries (such as the digital divide in the United States) may refer to inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, or geographic areas, usually at different ...
The knowledge divide is the gap between those who can find, create, manage, process, and disseminate information or knowledge, and those who are impaired in this process.. According to a 2005 UNESCO World Report, the rise in the 21st century of a global information society has resulted in the emergence of knowledge as a valuable resource, increasingly determining who has access to power and ...
The IDI is a standard tool that governments, operators, development agencies, researchers and others can use to measure the digital divide and compare ICT performance within and across countries. Having the role to analyze the level of development of the information and communication technology sector (ICT), the ICT Development Index (IDI) is a ...