During the mid 90's, around the time the Internet became popular,
it became apparent that there was still one critical issue holding
back limitless opportunities. Computer professionals had to find a
way to close the gap between those who do not have computer or
Internet access and those who do, also known as the digital divide.
Suddenly, hundreds of conferences of computer professionals, social
scientists, and government policy experts worldwide dedicated
themselves to this concern. Then the Internet hype seemed to
dissipate, and observers assumed the digital divide would fix
itself. The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society
explains why the digital divide is still widening and, in advanced
high-tech societies, deepening. Taken from an international
perspective, the book offers full coverage of the literature and
research and a theoretical framework from which to analyze and
approach the issue. Where most books on the digital divide only
describe and analyze the issue, Jan van Dijk presents 26 policy
perspectives and instruments designed to close the divide itself.
Written in a simple, thorough, and multidisciplinary approach, The
Deepening Divide offers insights to students, researchers,
policymakers, and professionals in media and communication studies,
sociology, educational policy, public policy, and computer
education. Jan A.G.M. van Dijk is an internationally recognized
expert in the field of communication, with new media studies as his
primary interest. The author of The Network Society: Social Aspects
of the New Media (SAGE, 1999) and co-editor of Digital Democracy:
Issues of Theory and Practice (SAGE, 2000), van Dijk is a professor
of Communication Science at Twente University, the Netherlands, and
serves as an advisor of the European Commission of the Information
Society Forum.
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