The global digital divide; beyond hICTeria

Abstract

Questions the values and wisdom of those proposing to tackle the global digital divide. Why, for instance, the concern for the digital divide and not the health divide? Questions too the methods for determining and measuring the divide and the naive assumption that the Internet itself can transform the destinies of the digitally poor. What is really at issue is not finding the best way of bringing the Internet to the poor, but finding the best way for the poor to take advantage of the Internet in order to improve their lot.

Citation

Menou, M.J. (2001), "The global digital divide; beyond hICTeria", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 53 No. 4, pp. 112-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007045