Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community and Public Policy

by Lisa J. Servon

Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist.

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Shila Iris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book does a good job in redefining the digital divide. It has evolved into many other things since its conception in 1995. The research can be relevant. However, the matter of whether this "divide" actually exists needs to be put on the table [if you ask me]. It feels like the government has been successful in engineering an issue called the "digital divide," but I don't actually think that the people who they claim need access to technology are fully aware that they need access. When they gain access, then what? I see that libraries add computers and classes nationwide, but if you analyzed the amount of time used for searching for jobs and trying to advance yourself against the amount of time used on social media sites, you would find the numbers to be extremely disparate. Why do people need this access and do they really need the internet to survive?