The inclusive analysis of ICT ethical issues on healthy society: a global digital divide approach

This article presents an analysis of the global digital divide, based on data collected from 45 countries, including the ones belonging to the European Union, OECD, Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). The analysis shows that one factor can explain a large part of the variation in the seven ICT variables used to measure the digital development of countries. This measure is then used with additional variables, which are hypothesised as drivers of the divide for a regression analysis using data from 2015, 2013, and 2011, which reveals economic and educational imbalances between countries, along with some aspects of geography, as drivers of the digital divide. Contrary to the authors' expectations, the English language is not a driver.

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The Global Digital Divide and Its Impact on E-Governance

Digital Democracy ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1740-7.ch085 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1710-1729

Author(s):

Michael Howell-Moroney

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Scholarly Research ◽

Policy Choices ◽

National Wealth ◽

Utilization Of Technology ◽

Global Digital Divide

As technology has continued to advance, a disparity in the diffusion, adoption, and utilization of technology has become apparent. This chapter explores the digital divide and the scholarly research investigating the factors which have been found to influence it. The major finding from extant research is that the digital divide is largely explained by variations in national wealth. These same variations also explain differing levels of e-government readiness and e-participation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of policy choices and dilemmas posed by the digital divide.

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The Global Digital Divide and Its Impact on E-Governance

Digital Literacy ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1852-7.ch010 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 175-194

Author(s):

Michael Howell-Moroney

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Scholarly Research ◽

Policy Choices ◽

National Wealth ◽

Utilization Of Technology ◽

Global Digital Divide

As technology has continued to advance, a disparity in the diffusion, adoption, and utilization of technology has become apparent. This chapter explores the digital divide and the scholarly research investigating the factors which have been found to influence it. The major finding from extant research is that the digital divide is largely explained by variations in national wealth. These same variations also explain differing levels of e-government readiness and e-participation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of policy choices and dilemmas posed by the digital divide.

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Beyond the Digital Divide

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development - Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-3691-0.ch014 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 277-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Undrah Buyan Baasanjav

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Linguistic Diversity ◽

Internet Technology ◽

The Internet ◽

Domain Names ◽

The Public ◽

Rapid Economic Growth ◽

Aid Dependency ◽

Global Digital Divide ◽

Internet Development

This chapter explores the interplay between society and Internet technology in the context of the developing former socialist country of Mongolia. This chapter goes beyond questions of access to the Internet and explores three factors of the global digital divide. First, this chapter explores how language factors such as non-Roman domain names and the use of the Cyrillic alphabet exacerbate the digital divide in the impoverished country of Mongolia. ICANN's initiation of international domain names is an initial development toward achieving linguistic diversity on the Internet. Second, this chapter explores how post-communist settings and foreign investment and aid dependency afflict Internet development. A rapid economic growth in Mongolia has increased access to mobile phones, computers, and the Internet; however, the influx of foreign capital poured into the mining, construction, and telecommunication sectors frequently comes in non-concessional terms raising concerns over the public debt in Mongolia.

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Global Digital Divide

E-Governance and Civic Engagement ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch011 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 210-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Undrahbuyan Baasanjav

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Linguistic Diversity ◽

Social Practices ◽

The Internet ◽

Domain Names ◽

Aid Dependency ◽

Global Digital Divide ◽

People’S Attitudes ◽

Internet Development ◽

Depth Interviews

This chapter explores several factors of the global digital divide in the former socialist country of Mongolia. By analyzing manifest media content on the Internet, as well as by interviewing people involved in Internet development, this chapter goes beyond the question of access to the Internet and asks how language factors exacerbate the digital divide in an impoverished country. Initiating non-Western alphabet domain names and setting culturally inclusive non-Western alphabet standards have been important steps in achieving linguistic diversity on the Internet and overcoming the global digital divide in countries like Mongolia. Furthermore, this chapter explores how a post-communist political setting, aid dependency, and international organizations influence Internet development. The analysis of in-depth interviews provides nuanced explanation of the socialist legacy that is traced in institutional routines, people’s attitudes, and social practices.

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The Global Digital Divide and its Impact on E-Governance

E-Governance and Civic Engagement ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch010 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 189-209

Author(s):

Michael Howell-Moroney

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Scholarly Research ◽

Policy Choices ◽

National Wealth ◽

Utilization Of Technology ◽

Global Digital Divide

As technology has continued to advance, a disparity in the diffusion, adoption, and utilization of technology has become apparent. This chapter explores the digital divide and the scholarly research investigating the factors which have been found to influence it. The major finding from extant research is that the digital divide is largely explained by variations in national wealth. These same variations also explain differing levels of e-government readiness and e-participation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of policy choices and dilemmas posed by the digital divide.

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Global Digital Divide

Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World ◽

10.4135/9781412964289.n443 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Catherine Carey

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Global Digital Divide

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Global Digital Divide, Global Justice, Cultures, and Epistemology

Selected Readings on Global Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-116-2.ch003 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 37-50

Author(s):

Soraj Hongladarom

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Digital Divide ◽

Social Epistemology ◽

Global Justice ◽

Internet Access ◽

The Internet ◽

Social Good ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Global Digital Divide

The problem of global digital divide, namely disparity in Internet access and use among the various regions of the world, is a growing concern. Even though, according to some reports, the gap is getting narrower, this does not mean that the problem is disappearing, because the problem does not just consist in getting more people to become “wired,” so to speak. This chapter investigates the various relationships among the global digital divide, global justice, cultures and epistemology. Very briefly stated, not getting access to the Internet constitutes an injustice because the access is a social good that can lead to various other goods. Furthermore, as information technology is a second-order technology, one that operates on meaning bearing symbols, access to the technology is very much an issue of social epistemology, an attempt to find out the optimal way to distribute knowledge across the social and cultural domains.

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