The Global Digital Divides Explaining Change /

• Main Authors: Pick, James B. (Author), Sarkar, Avijit (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Progress in IS,
• Subjects: Business.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Public policy.; Application software.; Geographical information systems.; Development economics.; Economic policy.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Development Economics.; Public Policy.

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 of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical Background
• Theoretical Model
• The Global Digital Divide
• China's Digital Divide
• India's Digital Divide
• Japan's Digital Divide
• United States Digital Divide
• Digital Divide  in Africa
• Comparisons of Countries
• The Roles and Policies of Government
• The Future of the Digital Divide.