0 the problem of some members of society not having the opportunity or knowledge to use computers and the internet that others have:
1 the problem that exists because some groups of people have the opportunity and knowledge to use computer technology and some do not:
Familiarisation with the new technologies on the part of organisations has therefore an equalising effect, reducing the digital divide.
Therefore, there must be an aggressive agenda to bridge the digital divide between developing and developed countries.
The introduction provides a concise and solid examination of several key issues, such as the growth of the information society and the digital divide.
It is significant that institutions of global governance have recently put the issue of digital divide in their agenda.
But the characterization of these differences as a digital divide is misleadingly static.
While efforts are under way to reduce the digital divide, unknown is the number of people who seek but do not find any information.
The argument of this article is that the very idea of a digital divide is misleading, because it is static rather than dynamic.
The fundamental determinants of the digital divide between countries are supply-side constraints of collective capital.
