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Digital Cities - The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity (Paperback, New)
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Digital Cities - The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity (Paperback, New)
Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
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In an age when the United Nations has declared access to the
Internet a human right, and universal access to high-speed
broadband is a national goal, urban areas have been largely ignored
by federal policy. The cost of that neglect may well be the failure
to realize the social benefits of broadband and a broadly-connected
digital society.
Technology offers unparalleled advantages for innovation in urban
areas - in the economy, health care, education, energy,
transportation, government services, civic engagement, and more.
With their density and networks of activity, cities hold the most
potential for reaping the benefits of technology. But there are
surprisingly substantial disparities in broadband adoption across
cities. More puzzlingly, rather than promoting innovation or
addressing the high cost of broadband access, the US has mostly
funded expensive rural infrastructure in sparsely-populated areas.
Digital Cities tells the story of information technology use and
inequality in American metropolitan areas and discusses directions
for change. The authors argue that mobile-only Internet, the form
used by many minorities and urban poor, is a second-class form of
access, as they offer evidence that users with such limited access
have dramatically lower levels of online activity and skill.
Digital citizenship and full participation in economic, social and
political life requires home access. Using multilevel statistical
models, the authors present new data ranking broadband access and
use in the nation's 50 largest cities and metropolitan areas,
showing considerable variation across places. Unique, neighborhood
data from Chicago examines the impact of poverty and segregation on
access in a large and diverse city, and it parallels analysis of
national patterns in urban, suburban and rural areas. Digital
Cities demonstrate the significance of place for shaping our
digital future and the need for policies that recognize the
critical role of cities in addressing both social inequality and
opportunity.
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