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The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian Approach to Digital Inequalities
London; New York: Routledge (2017), vi, 128 pp.
"Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests counter-trends that alle
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Measuring the Information Society Report 2016
Geneva: ITU (2016), 256 pp.
"This annual report presents a global and regional overview of the latest developments regarding information and communication technologies (ICTs), based on internationally comparable data and agreed methodologies. It aims to stimulate the ICT policy debate in ITU Member States by providing an objec
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Social Inequalities, Media, and Communication: Theory and Roots
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxxix, 272 pp.
Indigenous Peoples and the Information Society: Emerging Uses of ICTs
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 23 pp.
"During the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Indigenous Peoples called for their full and effective participation in the Information Age on their own terms. While implementation of the WSIS Plan of Action has been limited, there are examples of Indigenous Peoples creatively engaging wi
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ICTs in Developing Countries: Research, Practices and Policy Implications
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 192 pp.
"ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of cont
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World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
Washington, DC: World Bank (2016), xxiii, 330 pp.
"Digital technologies have spread rapidly in much of the world. Digital dividends—the broader development benefits from using these technologies—have lagged behind. In many instances digital technologies have boosted growth, expanded opportunities, and improved service delivery. Yet their aggreg
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Digital Inclusion in Rural Areas: A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges Faced by People from Isolated Communities
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, volume 21, issue 3 (2016), pp. 247-263
"This study explored the interplay between contextual and individual factors related to Internet adoption in isolated rural communities. By investigating 10 remote villages throughout Chile that received Internet access infrastructure in 2010-2011, we identified 3 areas in which contextual and indiv
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The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxiv, 269 pp.
Digital Discrimination: Political Bias in Internet Service Provision Across Ethnic Groups
Science, volume 353, issue 6304 (2016), pp. 1151-1155
"The global expansion of the Internet is frequently associated with increased government transparency, political rights, and democracy. However, this assumption depends on marginalized groups getting access in the first place. Here we document a strong and persistent political bias in the allocation
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ICT Facts and Figures
Geneva: ITU (2015), 8 pp.
"In 2015 there are more than 7 billion mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide, up from less than 1 billion in 2000. Globally 3.2 billion people are using the Internet of which 2 billion are from developing countries. ICTs will play an even more significant role in the post 2015 development agenda a
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Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of E-Inclusion
Boca Raton et al.: CRC Press (2015), xxviii, 300 pp.
"The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the cu
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Global Communication
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2015), xiii, 279 pp.
Centroamérica, democracia desconectada: Balance regional de un ecosistema digital enfrentado con la libertad de expresión y el derecho a la comunicación
San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos (2015), 300 pp.
"No existe duda alguna que el desarrollo de las TIC representa una oportunidad indiscutible para el ejercicio de la libertad de expresión y el derecho a la comunicación, pues permiten que la ciudadanía tenga un rol protagónico en el desarrollo de los procesos de comunicación e incidencia en las
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The Global Digital Divides: Explaining Change
Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2015), xxix, 386 pp.
"This book analyzes extensive data on the world’s rapidly changing and growing access to, use and geographies of information and communications technologies. It studies not only the spatial differences in technology usage worldwide, but also examines digital differences in the major world nations
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Digital Inequality
In: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies
William H. Dutton (ed.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), pp. 129-150
"This chapter investigates the research on inequalities in society, and also considers the digital inequality beyond overly simplistic conceptions of access to technologies. Additionally, it describes how people's background characteristics relate to their web-use skills and what they do online. The
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Wissenskluft und Digital Divide
Baden-Baden: Nomos (2014), 121 pp.
"Der Band gibt eine fundierte, knappe und anschauliche Einführung in die theoretischen Grundlagen, methodischen Zugänge, empirischen Befunde und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhänge der Wissenskluftforschung. Diese geht von wachsenden Wissensdifferenzen zwischen statushöheren und -niedrigeren Gruppi
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Cyber Security in Developing Countries, a Digital Divide Issue: The Case of Georgia
Journal of International Communication, volume 20, issue 2 (2014), pp. 200-217
"Based on the case study of the cyber war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, this paper is a theoretical deliberation in an attempt to illustrate connection between the Digital Divide and cyber security. Through a qualitative study of cyber warfare between the two countries, one on the devel
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The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective
London: Routledge (2013), 324 pp.
"This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines “the digital divide” as the unequal access and utility of internet communic
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Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access
Washington, DC: New America Foundation (2013), 20 pp.
"This paper offers a critical perspective on the process of mobile leapfrogging. Drawing upon data on Internet access and device penetration from 34 countries, this paper first shows that while greater access to mobile technologies suggests the possibility of a leapfrog effect, the lack of 3G adopti
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Favela Digital: O Outro Lado da Tecnologia
Vitoria: GSA Grafica e Editora (2013), 128 pp.
"The idea for this book came up during the fieldwork I did in Vitória, Brazil for my doctoral dissertation. My research aims to understand the experience of marginalized people in community technology centers and how this experience informs the ways we think about what constitutes “empowerment”
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