Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide

by Pippa Norris

Book Overview

There is widespread concern that the explosive growth of the Internet is exacerbating existing inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide sets out to examine the evidence for access and use of the Internet in 179 nations across the world. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. And within the online community, evidence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521002230
• ISBN13: 9780521002233
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"